STATUTES 


OF 


Cornell  Itmurrsttt) 


ADOPTED  BY   THE  EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE  MAY  jgth,   1891, 

IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  AUTHORITY  OF  THE 

BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  CONFERRED 

OCTOBER  3oth,  1890. 


PUBLISHED  BY  ORDER  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE, 

CORNELL   UNIVERSITY, 

MAY,  1891. 


MORSE  STEPHEBS 


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STATUTES 


OF 


Cornell  Kntoirsitt) 


ADOPTED  BY  THE  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE  MAY  igth,  1891, 

IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  AUTHORITY  OF  THE 

BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  CONFERRED 

OCTOBER  3oth,  1890. 


PUBLISHED  BY  ORDER  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE, 

CORNELL  UNIVERSITY, 

MAY,  1891. 


CONTENTS. 


I.     The  Board  of  Trustees, 5 

II.    The  Executive  Committee, 7 

III.  The  President, 8 

IV.  The  Treasurer, 9 

V.     The  Superintendent, 12 

VI.     The  University  Senate, 14 

VII.     The  General  Faculty, 14 

VIII.     The  College  of  Agriculture, 16 

IX.     Sibley  College, 18 

X.     The  College  of  Civil  Engineering, 19 

XI.     The  School  of  Law, 20 

XII.     The  Susan  L,inn  Sage  College  of  Philosophy, 21 

XIII.  Sage  College, 21 

XIV.  The  University  Library, 23 

XV.     Fellowships, 25 

XVI.     Scholarships, 27 

XVII.     Miscellaneous  Provisions, 28 


STATUTES. 


L—THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 

1.  Subject  to  the  Charter  of  the  University   and  the  laws  of  the 
State,  the  Board  of  Trustees  has  supreme  control  over  the  University, 
including  each  and  every  department,  its  property,  conduct,  and  em- 
ploye's. 

2.  The  officers  of  the  Board  shall  be  a  Chairman,  a  Secretary,  and  a 
Treasurer.     The  Chairman  shall  be  elected  for  the  term  for  which  he 
was  chosen  as  a  Trustee.     The  Secretary  and  Treasurer  shall  be  elect- 
ed according  to  the  pleasure  of  the  Board.     The  Secretary  shall  keep 
a  record  of  the  proceedings  and  have  the  same  printed  for  the  use  of 
the  members  of  the  Board. 

3.  For  the  election  of  Trustees,  ten  members  constitute  a  quorum, 
of  whom  eight  votes  shall  be  necessary  to  elect ;  for  the  transaction  of 
other  business  eight  members  constitute  a  quorum. 

4.  There  shall  be  three  regular  meetings  of  the  Board  in  each  year  : 
one  in  Commencement  week  ;  one  at  a  time  to  be  fixed  by  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  in  the  Winter,  and  one  to  be  fixed  by  the  same  Com- 
mittee in  the  Autumn.     Notice  of  the  Autumn  and  Winter  meetings 
must  be  given  by  the  Secretary  thirty  days  in  advance  of  the  date 
fixed  upon.     Special  meetings  of  the  Board  may  be  called  by  the 
Chairman,  or  by  the  Secretary,  on  the  written  request  of  five  Trus- 
tees. 

5.  The  President,  all  full  Professors,  Acting  Professors,  and  Associate 
Professors  must  be  elected  by  the  full  Board. 

6.  The  financial  and  material  interests  of  the  University  are  under 
the  immediate  direction  and  care  of  the  following  Committees,  the 
members  of  each  to  hold  office  until  their  successors  are  appointed  : 
The  Finance  Committee  ;  the  Land  Committee  ;  the  Committee  on 
Plans  of  Campus  and  of  Buildings ;  the  Committee  on  Buildings  and 
Grounds ;  the  Committee  on  Appropriations  ;  and  the  Auditing  Com- 
mittee. 

7.  The  Finance  Committee,  in  the  absence  of  specific  directions, 
has  full  power  and  authority  to  invest  all  funds  of  the  University  in 
such  manner,  at  such  places,  and  upon  such  securities  as  it  shall  deem 


—  6  — 

best,  and  it  shall  report  the  investments  so  made  from  time  to  time  to 
the  Board  of  Trustees  or  the  Executive  Committee. 

8.  The  I/and  Committee,  in  the  absence  of  specific  directions,  has 
all  power  and  authority  to  make  sales  of  lands  and  timber,  to  decide 
all  questions  relating  thereto  or  arising  therefrom,  and  to  exercise 
such  care,  custody,  and  control,  over  such  lands  as  may  be  necessary. 

9.  The  Committee  on  Plans  of  Campus  and  of  Buildings  shall  have 
charge  of  the  procuring  and  submitting  to  the  Trustees  or  Execu- 
tive Committee  of  plans  for  any  extension  or  modification  of  the  Uni- 
versity's landed  property,  for  roads  through  it,  and  for  structures  upon 
it.     The  said  Committee  shall  consist  of  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  the  President  of  the  University,  and  three  other  Trustees  to 
be  elected  by  the  Board,  or  in  absence  of  action  by  the  full  Board,  by 
the  Executive  Committee. 

10.  The  Committees  on  Buildings  and  Grounds  shall  have  general 
charge  of  the  Real  Property  belonging  to  the  University  in  Ithaca. 
It  is  made  the  duty  of  this  Committee  to  report  to  the  Executive 
Committee  and  the  Board  of  Trustees  from  time  to  time  in  regard  to 
the  condition  of  the  property  under  its  charge,  and  to  make  such  rec- 
ommendations as  may  seem  to  be  demanded  by  the  welfare  of  the 
University. 

11.  The  Committee  on  Appropriations  shall  consider  all  recommen- 
dations made  by  the  several  heads  of  departments  in  their  annual  re- 
ports ;  and,  after  comparing  the  sum  of  the  amounts  called  for  with 
the  estimated  income  for  the  following  year,  shall  recommend  in  a 
Report  to  the  Board  at  the  October  meeting,  such  appropriations  as 
they  may  deem  for  the  best  interests  of  the  University. 

12.  The  Auditing  Committee  shall  make  a  careful  examination  of 
all  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer;  shall  compare  the  amount  of  fees 
received  from  students  with  the  list  of  students  in  the  University  ; 
shall  compare  the  amount  of  securities  and  money  in  the  possession 
of  the  University  with  the  amounts  indicated  in  the  Treasurer's  Re- 
port ;  and  in  general  shall  satisfy  itself  by  proper  scrutiny  that  the 
Annual  Report  of  the  Treasurer  is  correct  as  a  whole  and  in  detail. 
For  this  purpose  the  Committee  is  authorized  to  employ  the  services 
of  an  expert  bookkeeper  at  the  expense  of  the  University. 

13.  To  the  inventory  of  the  available  assets  of   the    University, 
contained  on  page  4  of  the  Treasurer's  report  for  the  year  1889-90, 
amounting  in   all    to    14,678,729.77,   any    additions   to    the    general 
fund  which  shall  hereafter  be  received  from  sales  of  land,  gifts,  or 
bequests  in  cash  or  productive  securities  or  property,  shall  be  added, 
and  entered  upon  the  Treasurer's  books  as  the  income  producing  cap- 


ital  of  the  University  ;  and  hereafter  there  shall  be  no  appropriation, 
use,  or  expenditure  of  said  principal  except  in  case  of  insufficiency  of 
sales  of  lands  to  pay  taxes  and  expenses  of  carrying  the  same,  and 
except  it  be  to  meet  an  extraordinary  emergency,  and  in  the  latter 
case  only  upon  a  vote  of  a  majority  of  all  the  members  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees.  But  nothing  in  this  provision  shall  invalidate  the  loan 
from  said  fund  of  the  suru  yet  due  on  the  appropriation  of  $80,000  by 
the  Board  for  the  Chemical  Laboratory. 

14.  Whenever  the  Board  shall  receive  from  the  President  a  nomina- 
tion for  a  professorship  in  accordance  with  the  method  hereinafter  pro- 
vided, the  Board  shall  proceed  to  confirm  or  reject  such  nomination  ; 
but  such  confirmation  or  rejection  shall  be  by  ballot,  said  ballot  to  be 
not  by  a  single  open  vote  to  be  cast  by  any  one  person,  but  by  the 
ballots  of  all  present  and  voting. 

15.  The    expenses    incurred  by  non-resident  Trustees   in   attend- 
ing meetings  of  the  Board  shall  be  audited  and  paid  by  the  Treasurer. 

II  — THE  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE, 

1.  The  Trustees  residing  in  Ithaca  and  such  other  Trustees   as  may 
at  the  time  of  a  meeting  be  in  Ithaca  constitute  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee.    The  officers  of  the  Executive  Committee  shall  be  a  Chair- 
man and  a  Secretary  who  shall  hold  office  until  their  successors  are 
appointed.     The  Executive  Committee  may  exercise  all  the  power  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  not  inconsistent  with  the  acts  and  resolutions 
of  the  Board,  subject,   however,    to  reversal   or  modification  of  its 
action  by  the  full  Board.     Five  shall  be  a  quorum.     It  may,  when 
necessary,  elect  Assistant   Professors,   Instructors,   and  non-resident 
lecturers,  and  any  other  needed  officers  or  employe's,   except  those 
whose  election  is  restricted  to  the  full  Board.     Assistant  Professors 
shall   be  elected  for  three  years,   and  may  be  re-elected  after  that 
period  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  entire  Committee.      Instructors 
shall  be  elected  for  one  year.     After  three  years  of  service  they  may  be 
re-elected  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  entire  Committee. 

2.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  Chairman  to  exercise  the  ordinary  functions 
of  a  presiding  officer. 

3.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to  keep  a  record  of  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  Committee,  to  have  the  record  printed  and  sent  to  each 
member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

4.  For  the  more  intelligent  supervision  of  the  several  departments 
of  the  University,  the  Executive  Committee  has  appointed  the  follow- 
ing Standing  Committees,  the  members  of  each  of  which  shall  hold 
office  till  their  successors  are  appointed. 


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(i).  The  Committee  on  the  departments  of  Mathematics  and  Ap- 
plied Sciences  :  Trustees  Williams,  Lord,  and  H.  W.  Sage. 

(2).  The  Committee  on  the  departments  and  museums  of  Natural 
History  :  Trustees  Van  Cleef,  Boardman,  and  Tyler. 

(3).  The  Committee  on  Ancient  and  Modern  Languages  :  Trustees 
Tyler,  Lord,  and  Van  Cleef. 

(4).  The  Committee  on  the  Schools  of  History  and  Political  Science, 
and  Philosophy  :  Trustees  White,  Adams,  and  Lord. 

(5).  The  Committee  on  Sage  College  :  Trustees  H.  W.  Sage.  Adams, 
and  the  Treasurer. 

(6).  The  Committee  on  Physical  Culture  and  Military  Tactics  :  Trus- 
tess  W.  H.  Sage,  Van  Cleef,  and  Williams. 

IIL—THE  PRESIDENT. 

1.  The  President  is  the  head  of  the  educational  departments  of  the 
University,  and  of  each  of  them. 

2.  In  the  absence  of  special  provisions,  he  is  the  medium  of  com- 
munication between  the  Trustees  and  the  officers  of  instruction,  the 
Faculties,  and  the  Senate. 

3.  Before  action  affecting  any  department,  he  shall  consult  with  the 
professors  thereof  in  respect  to  the  necessities  of  such  department 
and  the  best  modes  of  supplying  the  same.      It  shall  be  his   duty 
to  determine,  with  the  approval  of  the  Executive  Committee,  the 
appropriate  duties  and  labors  of  all  officers  of  instruction ;  to  nom- 
inate to   the  Senate  for   appointment,  as   hereinafter   provided,  all 
full  professors ;   to    nominate    all   other   officers    of   instruction  ;  to 
see  that  all  officers  of  instruction  are  doing  a  proper  amount  and 
satisfactory  quality  of  work  ;    to  provide  that  lecture  and  recita- 
tion rooms  are  as  much  and  as  economically  used  as  successful  work 
will  permit ;  to  aid,  so  far  as  he  may,  in  keeping  the  expenses  of  the 
University  within  its  income  ;  and,  subject  to  other  regulations  made 
or  to  be  made,  to  watch  over  and  care  for  the  buildings,  apparatus, 
libraries,  and  other  property ;  and  in  all  ways  by  his  reports  and 
conduct  to  seek  to  protect  the  property  and  promote  the  welfare  of 
the  University. 

4.  Whenever  any  full  professorship  is  to  be  filled,  the  President  of 
the  University  shall,  upon  the  request  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  or  of 
the  Executive  Committee,  seek  diligently  and  to  the  best  of  his  abili- 
ty, and,  bearing  in  mind  the  provision  of  the  fundamental  charter  of 
the  University,  which  forbids  him  to  take  cognizance  of  any  political 
or  religious  views  which  any  candidate  may  or  may  not  hold,  shall 


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nominate  to  the  Senate  the  person  whom  he  may  consider  most  worthy 
to  occupy  the  vacancy  to  be  filled. 

5.  The  President  shall  prepare  an  Annual  Report  on  the  condition 
and  needs  of  the  University,  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  printed,  and 
shall  send  a  copy  to  each  member  of  the  Board  .prior  to  its  meeting 
in  October  of  each  year. 

6.  The  President  and  the  Dean  of  the  General  Faculty  shall  have 
supervision  of  the  official  publications  of  the  University. 

7.  The  traveling  expenses  of  the  President  incurred  at  the  request 
of  the  Trustees,  or  for  the  business  and  welfare  of  the  University, 
shall  be  audited  and  paid  by  the  Treasurer. 

IV.— THE  TREASURER. 

1.  The  Treasurer  shall  make  purchases  for  the  various  departments 
upon  the  requisition  of  the  Professors  in  charge  to  the  amount  of  the 
appropriations  made  to  their  respective  departments. 

2.  Any  excess  of  expenditure  by  any  Professor  beyond  the  amount 
apportioned   for  the  use  of  his    department,  if  the    same  shall  be 
recognized  and  paid  by  the  University,  shall  be  charged  to  said  Pro- 
fessor personally  and  shall  remain  a  charge  against  him,  to  be  re- 
tained out  of  his  salary,  until  such  time  as  the  appropriation  applicable 
to  the  payment  thereof  shall  be  sufficient  to  pay  the  same,  when  it 
shall  be  credited  to  such  Professor  and  charged  to  such  appropriation. 

3.  No  purchases  shall  be  made  or  indebtedness  created  in  the  name 
of  the  University  except  upon  the  order  of  the  Treasurer. 

4.  The  salaries  of  all  officers  of  instruction  shall  be  paid  in  nine 
equal  monthly  installments  beginning  October  I5th  and  ending  June 
I5th,  and  the  salaries  of  the  Treasurer,  clerks,  and  other  salaried  em- 
ploye's shall  be  paid  monthly  on  the  ist  day  of  each  month. 

5.  Any  student  failing  to  settle  his  account  with  the  Treasurer  within 
ten  days  after  the  opening  of  each  term,  shall,  upon  the  recommen- 
dation of  the  Treasurer,  be  dropped  from  the  University,  but  such 
student,  in  the  discretion  of  the  President,  may  be  restored  upon  pay- 
ment of  his  account  and  producing  the  Treasurer's  receipt  therefor. 

6.  The  tuition  fee  of  any  student  who  is  called  away  from  the  Univer- 
sity within  ten  days  after  registration  day,  may  be  refunded  on  just 
cause  shown. 

7.  From  and  after  August  ist,  1891,  the  annual  tuition  fee  for  stu- 
dents not  exempt  therefrom,  shall  be,  in  the  School  of  Law,  in  the 
Medical  Preparatory  course,  and  in  the  courses  in  Arts,  Philosophy, 
Letters,  and  Science,  $100,  $40  to  be  paid  at  the  beginning  of  the  first. 


—  10  — 

term,  $35  at  the  beginning  of  the  second  term,  and  $25  at  the  beginning 
of  the  third  term  ;  in  all  other  courses,  including  Optional  and  Special 
students,  it  shall  be  $125,  $50  to  be  paid  at  the  beginning  of  the  first 
term,  $40  at  the  beginning  of  the  second,  and  $35  at  the  beginning  of 
the  third. 

8.  Bach  person  receiving  a  first  degree  from  the  University  shall 
pay  therefor  a  fee  of  five  dollars ;  and  each  person  receiving  an  ad- 
vanced degree  shall  pay  therefor  a  fee  of  ten  dollars. 

9.  Such  graduation  fee  shall  be  collected  by  the  Treasurer  at  least 
ten  days  before  Commencement,  and  the  Treasurer  shall  furnish  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  Faculty  a  list  of  persons  who  have  paid  such  fees  at 
least  one  week  before  Commencement. 

10.  In  the  Summer  Course  of  Entomology  tuition  is  free  for  all 
graduate  students  that  are  candidates  for  an  advanced  degree,  and  to 
all  students  matriculated  in  any  of  the  regular  classes  of  the  Univer- 
sity.    All  other  students  shall  pay  to  the  Treasurer  within  ten  days 
after  the  opening  of  the  school  the  sum  of  $25.00  for  tuition. 

n.  Students  working  in  the  shops  or  laboratories  of  Sibley  College 
shall  pay  within  ten  days  after  each  term  begins  the  sum  of  $5.00 
each  for  materials  used. 

12.  Students  using  the  laboratories  in  Natural  History,  Chemistry, 
Physics,    and    Civil    Engineering,    shall    pay    the    entire    expenses 
of  supplies  consumed  in  the  process  of  investigation  or  instruction. 
A  suitable  amount    to  be    certified  by   the  professor   in  charge   of 
those  departments  shall  be  deposited  with  the  Treasurer  by  each  of 
such  students  at  the  beginning  of  each  term  as  a  guaranty  fund. 

13.  Graduate  students  are  exempted  from  payment  of  annual  tuition 
fees  when  they  have  been  duly  admitted  by  the  proper  authorities  as 
candidates  for  an  advanced  degree   and  are  regularly  pursuing  the 
courses  of  study  leading  to  such  degrees  in  accordance  with  the  pre- 
scribed requirements  of  the  proper  faculty. 

14.  Students  pursuing  full  courses  in  Agriculture,    and  special  stu- 
dents in  Agriculture,  are  exempt  from  tuition  fees,  but  they  shall  not 
change  such  course  for  any  other  course  without    first  paying   the 
regular  tuition  fees  for  all  the  time  spent  in  the  Agricultural  course 
prior  to  such  change.      This  section  shall  be  inoperative  after  the 
completion  of  the  Agricultural  building  provided  for  at  the  meeting 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees  in  October,  1890. 

15.  To  enable  the  Treasurer  to  make  up  his  accounts  against  stu- 
dents for  payment  at  the  beginning  of  each  term  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Registrar  to  furnish  him  with  a  list  of  all  students  registered, 
as  soon  as  practicable  after  the  opening  of  each  term.     For  the  same 


—  II  — 

purpose  the  professors  of  Natural  History,  Physics,  Chemistry,  Civil 
Engineering,  and  Mechanic  Arts  shall  furnish  the  Treasurer  with  a 
list  of  the  students  in  the  laboratories  of  each  of  those  departments  as 
early  as  practicable,  with  the  amount  which  each  student  is  required  to 
pay  or  deposit  as  hereinbefore  provided.  And  any  student  failing  to 
make  such  payment  or  deposit  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Treasurer 
within  ten  days  after  the  beginning  of  the  term  shall  be  excluded 
from  his  classes  or  shops  by  the  Professor  in  charge. 

16.  The  Treasurer  is  the  custodian  of  the  corporate  seal ;  and  he  is 
authorized  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  execute  in  the  name  of  Cornell 
University  all  deeds,     contracts,  and    other    instruments  in  writing 
requisite  or  necessary  to  be  executed  except  that  where  for  any  reason 
such  instrument  must  be  signed  by  the  President,  Chairman,  or  Secre- 
tary of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  such  officers  or  any  of  them  may  exe- 
cute the  same  in  like  manner.     But  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  de- 
gress conferred  by  the  University,  the  seal  shall  be  under  the  direction 
of  the  President. 

17.  And  the  said  officers  are  authorized  collectively  and  individually 
under  the  corporate  seal  to  execute  any  release  or  satisfaction  of  any 
security  upon  payment  of  the  same,  and  any  deed  of  real  estate  sold  by 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  the  Executive  Committee,  or  the  Land  Commit- 
tee, or  any  other  instrument  in  writing  required  to  be  executed  by  the 
authority  of  the  University  aforesaid,  and  wherever  requisite  or  neces- 
sary to  affix  the  corporate  seal  to  said  deeds  or  other  written  instru- 
ments. 

1 8.  All  investments  of  University  funds  shall  be  regarded  as  made  for 
the  University  as  a  whole   and  not  for  any  specific  fund ;    and  the 
annual  income  arising  from  such  investments  shall  be  distributed 
Pro  rata  among  the  several  specific  funds  held  by  and  being  the  abso- 
lute property  of  the  University.     But  such  funds  as  by  their  holding 
are  or  may  be  subject  to  specific  conditions  requiring  the  principal  and 
interest  to  be  kept  separate  from  other  funds  shall  not  be  subject  to 
the  above  rule. 

19.  The  Treasurer  shall  set  apart  each  year  five  per  cent,  of  the  an- 
nual income  of  the  University,  (not  however  including  the  income 
derived  directly  from  the  United  States),  to  cover  such  losses  as  may 
occur  through  bad  investments,  fire,  or  otherwise. 

20.  The  sum  so  set  apart  shall  be  invested  like   other  permanent 
funds  of  the  University  and  shall  be  a  source  of  reliance  or  guaranty 
fund  to  replace  any  extraordinary  losses  in  the  future. 

21.  The  Treasurer  shall  make  his  annual  report  to  the  Board  of 
Trustees  at  the  first  regular  meeting  after  the  first  day  of  August  in 


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each  year.  The  Treasurer  shall  print  and  send  to  each  Trustee  a  copy 
of  such  report  so  far  as  may  be  necessary,  and  so  far  as  shall  be  ap- 
proved by  the  Finance  Committee. 

22.  The  Treasurer  is  authorized.^  the  Board  of  Trustees  to  receipt 
in  the  name  of  the  University  for  all  funds  received  from  the  United 
States  or  the  State  of   New  York  for  the   Agricultural   Experiment 
Station  and  for  the  departments  of  Agriculture  and  the  Mechanic 
Arts. 

23.  Until  further  action  a  bond  shall  be  given  by  the  Treasurer  to 
the  amount  of  $25,000. 

V.—THE  SUPERINTENDENT. 

1.  The  Superintendent  shall  have  control  of   all  the  buildings, 
grounds,  roads,  bridges,  sidewalks,  reservoir,  steam,  water,  gas,  and 
sewer    pipes,   and   all    other  out-of-door  property  on  or  about  the 
campus  and  belonging  to  the  University  ;  and  shall  make,  or  cause  to 
be  made  all  necessary  repairs,  work,  or  changes  to  fit  the  property  for 
its  uses.     It  is  understood  that  the  grounds  set  apart  for  the  farm,  the 
Department  of  Horticulture,  and  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station, 
are  exempt  from  this  superintendence.     But  no  extraordinary  expen- 
ses, labor,  or  changes  shall  be  made,  except  upon  the  order  of  the 
trustees,  and  no  expenses  of  any  kind  shall  be  incurred  or  purchase 
made  except  upon  the  order  of  the  Treasurer. 

2.  Upon  request  of  the  Trustees  or  of  the  Executive  Committee,  it 
shall  be  his  duty  to  examine  and  report  upon  the  plans  and  specifica- 
tions of  all  new  buildings  to  be  erected  upon  the  campus,  and  upon 
like  request  to  superintend  their  construction. 

3.  He  shall  have  the  charge  of  all  janitors  employed,  and  shall  see 
that  they  faithfully  perform  their  duties  ;  shall  recommend  the  dis- 
missal of  any  janitor  whenever  the  conduct  and  services  of  such  jani- 
tor are  unsatisfactory  ;  shall  require  them  to  practice,  and  shall  en- 
force a  proper  economy  in  the  use  of  steam,  heat,  and  water  so  that 
neither  be  wasted. 

4.  He  shall  have  charge  of  all  fire  apparatus  in  and  about  the  build- 
ings and  grounds,  shall  make  suitable  rules,  regulations,  and  organiza- 
tion for  its  prompt  and  efficient  use  and  shall  be  held  responsible  for  its 
condition  and  fitness  for  use  at  all  times ;  shall  by  frequent  inspection 
and  careful  examination  take  extreme  precaution  against  accidental 
fires,  and  in  the  event  of  fire  shall  have  control  of  all  the  means  for 
its  extinguishment.     He  shall,  from  time  to  time,  examine  and  report 
on  the  subject  of  fire  escapes  in  all  University  buildings  occupied  by 


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students,  and  sliall  see  that  such  fire  escapes  as  have  been  authorized, 
are  put  iu  place  and  maintained,  as  far  as  possible,  in  a  state  of  effi- 
ciency. 

5.  He  shall  direct  and  have  control  of  the  night  watchmen,  and 
shall  file  each  day  the  records  of  trips  for  the  previous  night  with  the 
Treasurer. 

6.  He  shall  prevent  as  far  as  possible  all  trespasses  upon  the  grounds 
or  in  or  about  the  buildings,  shall  maintain  suitable  notices,  and,  if 
necessary,  put  up  gates  to  warn  people  that  the  roads,  lawns,  shrubbery, 
and  flowers  are  private  property  ;  shall,  as  far  as  possible,  forbid  and 
prevent  any  person  or  persons  from  allowing  horses,  cows,  sheep,  or 

other  animals  to  run  at  large  on  the  University  grounds,  or  to  be 
attached  to  or  do  injury  to  any  trees  or  shrubbery ;  shall  not 
permit  any  employe*  not  a  teacher  to  render  any  service  for  others 
than  the  University  during  the  hours  or  time  for  which  service  is  due 
the  University  ;  shall  forbid  and  prevent  all  employe's  from  using  or 
disposing  of  any  materials  or  property  belonging  to  the  University  ex- 
cept for  University  purposes  ;  shall,  as  far  as  possible,  forbid  and  pre- 
vent any  and  every  person  from  marring,  defacing,  or  injuring  any  of 
the  buildings  or  property  of  the  University,  and  from  posting,  writing, 
chalking,  or  painting  any  notice  or  other  communication  or  thing  up- 
on any  of  the  buildings,  or  upon  any  doors,  windows,  walls,  or  stair- 
ways of  the  buildings,  or  sidewalks  ;  shall  report  any  person  or  per- 
sons violating  this  ordinance,  or  committing  any  trespass  or  nuisance 
upon  the  grounds,  to  the  President. 

7.  The  Superintendent  may  give  permits  to  any  persons  entitled 
thereto  to  dig  ditches,  make  connections  with  sewer,  gas,  or  water- 
pipes,  or  otherwise  break  up  the  soil  on  the  campus,  upon  the  written 
agreement  of  a  person  receiving  such  permit  to  restore  the  ground  to 
its  former  state  and  condition,  and  to  pay  any  damage  which  the  Uni- 
versity may  sustain,  or  be  put  to  by  reason  of  such  digging  of  the 
grounds. 

8.  The  Superintendent  shall  have  no  charge  or  control  over  the 
Sage  College  Conservatory  or  over  any  landscape  gardening,  orna- 
mentation or  decoration  of  the  grounds,  plans  for  grading,  terracing, 
or  otherwise  laying  out  or  improving  the  campus  unless  by  special 
order  of  the  Trustees,  or  Executive  Committee.     Bach  and  all  of  the 
matters  aforesaid  shall  be  under  the  supervision  and  management  of 
the  Professor  of  Botany,  until  otherwise  ordered. 


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VI  —  THE  UNIVERSITY  SENATE. 

1.  The  University  Senate  shall  consist  of  the  President  of  the  Uni- 
versity and  all  the  full  Professors. 

2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Senate  to  counsel  and  advise  in  re- 
gard to  all  nominations  for  professorships ;   to  consider  and  make 
recommendations  in  regard  to  such  courses  of  study  as  may  pertain  to 
more  than  one  Faculty  of  the  University  ;  and,  in  general,  to  consider 
and  make  recommendations  upon  any  questions  of  University  policy 
that  may  be  submitted  to  this  body  by  the  Trustees,  or  the  President, 
or  either  of  the  Faculties. 

3.  Whenever  the  University  Senate  shall  receive  from  Ihe  President 
a  nomination  for  a  professorship  in  accordance  with  the  method  here- 
inbefore provided,  the  Senate,  after  proper  deliberation,  shall  vote  by 
ballot,  yea  or  nay,  upon  the  nomination,  and  this  action,  with  any 
reasons  for  it  which  the  Senate  may  see  fit  to  submit,  shall  be  certified 
to  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

4.  The  meetings  of  the  Senate  may  be  called  by  the  President, 
or  by  the  Secretary  upon  the  written  application  of  any  five  mem- 
bers ;  and  at  such  meetings  the  President,  or  in  his  absence  the  Dean 
of  the  General  Faculty  shall  preside.     The  Senate  shall  have  a  secre- 
tary whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  keep  a  record  of  proceedings,  and  call 
all  meetings  under  the  direction  of  the  proper  authority. 

VII.—  THE  GENERAL  FACULTY. 

1.  The  General  Faculty  of  the  University  shall  consist  of   the 
President,  of  a  Dean,  and  of  such  Professors,  Acting  Professors,  As- 
sociate Professors,   and  Assistant  Professors,  as  have  been   or  shall 
hereafter  be  appointed  to  departments  under  its  jurisdiction. 

2.  The  President  of  the  University,  whenever  present,  shall  be  the 
presiding  officer  of  the  Faculty  ;  shall  have  the  right  of  a  deciding 
vote  in  case  of  a  tie  ;  shall  appoint  all  committees  provided  for  by  the 
Faculty  unless  otherwise  ordered  ;  and  shall  call  extra  meetings  of  the 
Faculty  whenever  in  his  judgment  such  meetings  may  be  called  for 
by  the  welfare  of  the  University. 

3.  The  Dean  of  the  General  Faculty  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
Trustees  on  the  nomination  of  the  President  and  with  the  concurrence 
of  the  Faculty.     It  shall  be  his  duty  to  preside  at  Faculty  meetings  in 
the  absence  of  the  President ;  to  receive  and  act  upon  such  applica- 
tions of  students  as  may  be  referred  to  him  by  the  Faculty  ;  to  pre- 
pare and  conduct  the  business  of  the  several  committees  of  which  he 
may  be  made  by  the  Faculty  ex  officio  chairman  ;  and  in  general,  ex- 
cept as  otherwise  provided,  to  act  as  the  executive  officer  of  the  Fa- 
culty. 


4.  The  Faculty  has  power  to  determine  the  requirements  for  admis- 
sion to  such  departments  of  the  University  as  are  under  its  jurisdic- 
tion ;  to  prescribe  and  define  the  various  courses  of  study  for  under- 
graduate and  graduate  students  ;  to  determine,  subject  to  revision  by 
the  Trustees,  the  requirements  for  such  degrees  as  are  offered  to  stu- 
dents under  its  jurisdiction  ;  to  enact  and  enforce  such  rules  for  the 
guidance  of  its  own  students  as  it  may  deem  best  adapted  to  the  in- 
terests of  the  University  ;  to  fill  all  University  Fellowships  and  Schol- 
arships  in   accordance    with   the  provisions   therefor   made  by  the 
Trustees;   to  make  rules  for  its  own  methods  of  procedure  ;  to  dele- 
gate any  of  its  powers  and  duties  to  any  of  the  Special  Faculties  for 
final  action  or  decision  ;   to  recommend  to  the  Trustees  such  can- 
didates for  degrees  as  may  have  completed  the  requirements  ;  and  in 
general,  to  exercise  the  customary  duties  of  college  faculties. 

5.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  Faculty,  through  its  Secretary,  to  certify  to 
the  Treasurer  the  filling  of  all  Fellowships  and  University  Scholar- 
ships immediately  after  such  action  has  been  taken. 

6.  The  Faculty  must  not  recommend  any  applicant  for  graduation, 
until  graduating  fees  and  all  dues  to  the  University  have  been  paid, 
or  satisfactorily  arranged  ;  nor  shall  the  Faculty  grant  any  application 
for  leave  of  absence  unless  such  application  is  endorsed  by  the  Treasu- 
rer, certifying  that  all  dues  have  been  paid  or  satisfactorily  arranged. 
In  order  that  there  may  be  no  delay,  it  is  required  that  all  candidates 
for  graduation  must  pay  or  satisfactorily  arrange  all  dues,  including 
graduating  fees,    at  least  ten  days  before  commencement ;  but  in 
case  of  failure  to  graduate,  the  graduating  fee  will  be  returned. 

7.  The  Faculty  shall  keep  a  complete  record  of  its  proceedings,  and 
its  general  legislation  may  be  printed  at  the  expense  of  the  University. 

8.  All  officers  of  instruction  are  expected  to  be  present  for  duty  at 
the  University  from  the  beginning  of  each  term  to  the  close  of  the  ex- 
aminations ;  and  at  the  end  of  the  year,  till  the  close  of  Commence- 
ment day.     Applications  for  absence  of  not  more  than  seven  days 
should  be  made  to  the  President,  of  more  than  seven  days  to  the  Kx- 
ecutive   Committee.     No   officer  of  instruction  shall  engage  in   any 
other  occupation  which  shall  interfere  with  or  impair  the  particular 
discharge  of  his  duties  in  the  University. 

9.  The  heads  of  the  different  departments  of  instruction,  shall  each, 
before  the  first  day  of  July  in  each  year,  furnish  to  the  Treasurer,  a  full 
and  true  inventory  of  the  personal  property  belonging  to  the  Univer- 
sity in  their  departments  or  under  their  control  ;  together  with  a  list  of 
all  articles  presented  to  the  University  during  the  year  for  the  use  of 
their  departments  with  the  value  of  the  same  and  the  names  of  the 
donors. 


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10.  No  person  shall  be  allowed  to  borrow  or  take  away  from  tlieir 
particular  places  in  the  University  buildings,  or  their  particular  use  on 
the  University  grounds  any  philosophical,  or  other  illustrative  appa- 
ratus, maps,  charts,  diagrams,  or  specimens  from  any  cabinet  or  mu- 
seum, without  an  order  from  the  Professor  responsible  therefor,  or  in 
his  absence,  an  order  in  writing  signed  by   the  President  or  the 
Treasurer. 

11.  Every  Assistant  Professor  or  Instructor  shall  act  as  examiner 
upon  the  written  request  of  the  head  of  his  department,  countersigned 
by  the  President. 

12.  Whenever  any  Professor,  Acting  Professor,  Associate  Professor, 
or  Assistant  Professor  has  continuously  served  the  University  for  at 
least  seven  years,  he  may,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Executive 
Committee,  have  leave  of  absence  for  not  more  than  one  year,  upon 
the  following  limitations  and  conditions  : 

(a.)  During  such  leave  of  absence  one-half  of  the  salary  attached  to 
the  position  held  by  the  applicant  is  to  be  paid. 

(b.)  Application  for  such  absence  must  be  made  through  the  Presi- 
dent on  or  before  January  ist  preceding  the  collegiate  year  during 
which  absence  is  desired. 

(c.)  No  more  than  one  absence  from  any  department  of  instruction 
will  be  granted  in  any  one  year  ;  and  where  more  than  one  applica- 
tion from  any  department  is  made,  precedence  will  be  given  in  the 
order  of  seniority  of  service. 

(d.)  Whenever  for  any  reason  the  Trustees  shall  think  that  such 
absence  will  be  injurious  to  the  best  interests  of  the  University,  they 
reserve  the  right  to  withhold  such  leave  of  absence. 

(e.)  Arrangements  for  continuing  the  work  of  instruction  in  case 
of  such  application  must  be  made  without  expense  to  the  University 
beyond  the  full  salary  of  the  absentee. 

13.  In  any  Faculty  of  the  University  the  final  question  as  to  the  sus- 
pension, dismissal,   or  expulsion  of  a  student  or  body  of  students, 

whether  graduate  or  undergraduate,  shall  be  decided  by  the  ballots  of 
those  present  who  are  entitled  to  vote  upon  the  question  ;  each  per- 
son thus  entitled  to  vote  casting  one  ballot.  The  power  to  cast  a  sin- 
gle ballot  in  behalf  of  the  said  Faculty,  or  of  a  majority  of  the  same, 
shall  never,  in  any  such  question  of  suspension,  dismissal,  or  expul- 
sion of  a  student,  be  delegated  to  any  one  person,  or  to  any  committee. 

VIII. —THE  COLLEGE  OF  AGRICULTURE. 

i.  The  College  of  Agriculture  consists  of  such  departments  of  the 
University  as  are  brought  into  organic  relations  for  the  purpose  of 
furnishing  facilities  for  didactic  and  experimental  work  in  the 


several  branches  connected  with  instruction  in  Agriculture  and  with 
the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station. 

2.  The  College  is  thus  constituted  by  the  co-ordination  of  the  de- 
partments of  General,  Analytical,  and  Agricultural  Chemistry,  Botany, 
Horticulture,  Vertebrate  and  Invertebrate  Zoology  and  Entomology, 
Veterinary  Science,  Geology,  and  the  several  branches  of  Theoretical 
and  Practical  Agriculture.     The  officers  of  these  several  departments 
constitute  the  Faculty  of  the  College. 

3.  The  Faculty  of  the  College  shall  have  general  charge  of  the  in- 
terests of  Agricultural  students,  shall  consider  such  modifications  of 
the  courses  of  study  as  may  be  duly  placed  before  them,  and  shall 
make  such  recommendations  to  the  General  Faculty  as  may  seem  to 
them  conducive  to  the  interests  of  the  College.     All  students  of  the 
College  are  amenable  to  the  General  Faculty. 

4.  The  Professor  of  Agriculture  is  the  Director  of  the  College.     It  is 
his  duty  to  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  Faculty  in  the  absence  of 
the  President,  to  promote  in  all  practicable  ways  the  welfare  of  the 
College,  to  prepare  or  cause  to  be  prepared  all  necessary  announce- 
ments, and  to  make  an  Annual  Report  to  the  President  on  the  con- 
dition and  needs  of  the  College. 

5.  The  Professor  of  Agriculture  shall  have  under  his  control  and 
management  the  University  farm  and  all  the  farm  buildings ;  shall 
employ  and  discharge  at  his  discretion  all  common  laborers  employed 
in  the  cultivation  and  care  of  the  crops  and  stock  on  the  farm  ;  shall 
purchase  such  stock,  seed,  or  materials  as  may  be  provided  for  by 
appropriations  for  such  purposes,  at  his  discretion,  and  also  sell,  or 
otherwise  dispose  of  the  same  ;  shall  make  out,  present,  and  collect 
all  accounts  and  bills  accruing  from  the  sale  of  productions  of  the  Uni- 
versity farm  ;  shall  pay  monthly  into  the  University  treasury  all  sums 
received  for  such  sales,  accompanied  by  an  itemized  statement  of  the 
sources  of  such  receipts  ;  and  shall  make  an  Annual  Report  of  the 
products  and  condition  of  the  farm  to  the  President  of  the  University. 

6.  The  Professor  of  Horticulture  shall  have  under  his  control  and 
management  such  grounds  as  have  been,  or  may  from  time  to  time  be 
set  apart  by  the  Trustees  for  the  purposes  of  Horticulture.     The  em- 
ploytneut  and  direction  of  subordinates,  the  purchase  of  materials, 
and  the  disposition  of  products  of  the  department  are  under  the  same 
general  regulations  as  those  of  the  department  of  Agriculture. 

7.  For  the  purpose  of  giving  definiteness  and  unity  to  the  work  of 
the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  there  is  established  a  board  of 
control,  known   as  the  Agricultural   Experiment    Station    Council. 
This  Council  consists  of  the  President  of  the  University,  of  two  other 
members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  one  of  whom  is  the  President  of 


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the  State  Agricultural  Society,  and  one  of  whom  is  elected  from  the 
Trustees  residing  in  Ithaca,  together  with  the  Director  of  the  Experi- 
ment Station,  and  the  heads  of  those  departments  in  which  the  work 
of  the  Station  is  done,  viz. :  the  Professor  of  Agriculture,  the  Pro- 
fessor of  Agricultural  Chemistry,  the  Professor  of  Veterinary  Science, 
the  Professor  of  Botany,  the  Assistant  Professor  of  Cryptogamic 
Botany,  the  Professor  of  Entomology,  and  the  Professor  of  Practical 
and  Experimental  Horticulture. 

8.  It  is  the  duty  of  this  Council  to  recommend  to  the  Trustees  the 
apportionment  of  the  work  to  be  done  at  the  Experiment  Station  by 
the  various  departments  and  the  proper  appropriations  for  the  same  ; 
to  make  any  other  recommendations  they  may  think  conducive  to  the 
efficiency  of  the  Station,  and,  in  general,  to  have  such  management 
of  the  affairs   of  the  Station  as  may  be  assigned  to  them  by  the 
Trustees. 

9.  The  duties  of  the  Director  of  the  Experiment  Station  are  to  carry 
out  the  measures  determined  upon  by  the  Trustees  and  the  Coun- 
cil ;  to  publish   and   distribute  the  bulletins   of  the   Station   as   re- 
quired by  law  ;  to  prepare  an  Annual  Report  to  the  President  of  the 
work  of  the  year ;  and,  in  general,  to  act  as  the  chief  executive  officer 
of  the  Station. 

10.  The  Director  shall  certify  to  all  bills  against  the  Station,  and 
such  bills  when  duly  certified,  shall  be  paid  by  the  Treasurer  out  of 
the  funds  belonging  thereto. 

11.  No  purchases  shall  be  made,  or  expenses  incurred,  on  account 
of  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  except  through  the  office  and 
by  the  authority  of  the  Director,  and  all  bills  for  such  purchases  shall 
be  made   out  in   every   case  against  the  Agricultural    Experiment 
Station  of  Cornell  University. 

12.  It  is  considered  the  duty  of  every  professor  connected  with  the 
Experiment  Station  to  contribute  directly  to  the  experiments  carried 
on  by  such  Station,  and  to  the  preparation  of  their  results  for  publica- 
tion. 

13.  The  Director  of  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station  is  author- 
ized to  draw  against  the  credit  given  to  the  Station  for  materials  sold 
by  the  Station  and  deposited  with  the  Treasurer. 

IX.— SIB  LEY  COLLEGE. 

1.  This  College  embraces  the  departments  of  Mechanical  Engineer- 
ing, Electrical  Engineering,  Mechanic  Arts,  Industrial  Drawing  and 
Art,  and  all  the  appliances  for  Heat,  Light,  Water,  and  Power. 

2.  The  College  is  placed  by  the  Trustees  in  the  special  charge  of  a 


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Director  who  shall  have  control  of  the  whole  workings  of  the  College, 
shall  recommend  to  the  President  all  persons  for  appointment  as  pro- 
fessors, assistant  professors,  instructors,  foremen,  engineers,  and  other 
employes  in  the  college  and  be  responsible  for  their  efficiency  ;  shall  be 
the  custodian  of  the  buildings,  tools,  machinery,  models,  apparatus,  and 
other  property  and  chattels  of  the  College  ;  shall  be  responsible  for  their 
proper  use  and  preservation,  and  for  the  efficiency  of  the  motive  power 
and  the  power  for  furnishing  light  and  heat ;  shall  control  and  direct 
the  instruction  of  students,  and  the  labor  of  the  employe's ;  and 
within  the  means  placed  at  his  disposal,  shall  do  all  he  can  to  promote 
the  prosperity  of  the  College  and  University.  He  shall  make  an 
annual  report  to  the  President  on  the  condition  and  needs  of  the 
College,  and  from  time  to  time  shall  make  such  other  reports  and 
recommendations  as  may  seem  to  be  called  for. 

3.  The  University  will  supply  Sibley  College  with  such  instruction 
as  may  be  needed  in  mathematics,  chemistry,  physics,  including  ele- 
mentary electricity  and  electrical  measurements,  modern  languages 
and  other  extra-professional  studies.      Arrangements  for  such  supply 
shall  be  made  by  the  General  Faculty  on  the  request  of  the  Sibley 
College  authorities. 

4.  The  department  of  Heat,  Light,  and  Water,  and  all  the  materials 
and  equipment  therefor  except  those  in  charge  of  the  Superintendent, 
shall  be  in  charge  of  the  Director,  who  shall  appoint  from  the  Faculty  of 
Sibley  College,  or  from  its  employes,  fit  and  proper  persons  to  take 
charge  of  and  manage  the  same  ;  and  the  persons  so  appointed  shall  be 
held  responsible  by  the  Director  for  the  condition  of  the  tools,  ma- 
chinery, and  property,  and  for  their  efficiency  at  all  times  to  accom- 
plish the  work  and  purposes  for  which  they  were  intended. 

X.—THE  COLLEGE  OF  CIVIL  ENGINEERING. 

1.  This  college  consists  of  such  branches  of  the  University  as  are 
brought  into  organic  relations  for  the  purpose  of  affording  facilities 
for  thorough  and  comprehensive  studies  in  Civil  Engineering. 

2.  The  branches  represented  in  this  organization  are  Bridge  Engi- 
neering, Railroad  Engineering,  Sanitary  and  Municipal  Engineering, 
Hydraulic  Engineering,  and  Geodetic  Engineering. 

3.  The  college  is  placed  by  the  Trustees  in  the  special  charge  of  a 
Director,  who,  subject  to  such  rules  as  from  time  to  time  may  be  made 
by  the  Trustees,  shall  have  control  of  the  workings  of  the  college ; 
shall  recommend  to  the  President  all  persons  for  appointment  in  the 
several  grades  of  instruction,  and  be  responsible  for  their  efficiency  ; 


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shall  have  charge  of  such  portions  of  Lincoln  Hall  as  have  been  or 
may  hereafter  be  assigned  to  the  use  of  the  college  by  the  Trustees  ; 
shall  be  the  custodian  of  the  tools,  machinery,  models,  apparatus, 
drawings,  and  other  property  of  the  college  ;  shall  be  responsible  for 
their  proper  use  and  preservation  ;  shall  control  and  direct  the  instruc- 
tion of  students  and  the  labor  of  employes ;  and,  within  the  means 
placed  at  his  disposal,  shall  do  all  he  can  to  promote  the  prosperity  of 
the  college  and  the  University.  He  shall  make  an  annual  report  to 
the  President,  and  from  time  to  time  shall  make  such  other  reports 
and  recommendations  as  may  seem  to  be  called  for  by  the  condition 
and  needs  of  the  college. 

4.  The  University  will  supply  this  college  with  such  instruction  as 
may  be  needed  in  mathematics,  chemistry,  physics,  modern  lan- 
guages, and  other  extra-professional  studies.  Arrangements  for  such 
supply  are  to  be  made  by  the  General  Faculty  at  the  request  of  the 
director. 

XL— THE  SCHOOL  OF  LAW. 

1.  The  Faculty  of  the  School  of  Law  consists  of  the  President  of 
the  University,  of  a  Dean,  of  a  Secretary,  and  of  such  Professors  as  may 
from  time  to  time  be  elected  thereto  by  the  Trustees.     It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Faculty  to  fix  upon  the  terms  of  admission  to  the  School ; 
to  provide  for  such  courses  of  study  as  it  may  deem  practicable  and 
desirable  ;  subject  to  revision  by  the  Trustees  ;  to  fix  upon  the  con- 
ditions of  graduation  ;  to  conduct  all  examinations ;  to  nominate  to 
the  Trustees  non-resident  lecturers  ;  and  to  frame  such  rules  and  ad- 
minister such  discipline  as  it  may  deem  necessary  for  the  welfare 
of  the  School. 

2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Dean  to  preside  at  Faculty  meetings 
in  the  absence  of  the  President ;  to  promote  in  all  practicable  ways  the 
general  welfare  of  the  School  ;  and  to  make  or  cause  to  be  made  an 
Annual  Report  to  the  President  on  the  condition  and  needs  of  the 
School. 

3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  under  the  direction  of  the 
Dean  or  of  the  Faculty  to  prepare  and  publish  the  announcements  of 
the  School ;  to  keep  a  record  of  Faculty  meetings  ;  to  conduct  the 
necessary  correspondence  with  non-resident  lecturers  and  with  appli- 
cants for  admission  ;  to  make  out  all  necessary  schedules  of  exercises 
and  examinations  ;   and  to  prepare  statements  in  regard  to  the  School 
to  be  published  in  the  Annual  Register  of  the  University. 

4.  Students  of  the  School  of  Law  are  required  to  register  in  the 
office  of  the  Registrar  of  the  General  Faculty,  but,  after  registration, 
they  are  amenable  only  to  the  Faculty  of  the  School  of  Law. 


XIL—THE  SUSAN  LINN  SAGE  SCHOOL  OF 
PHILOSOPHY. 

1.  This  School,  established  Oct.  22,  1890,  in  accordance  with  the 
terms  of  an  endowment  provided  by  the  Hon.  Henry  W.  Sage,  con- 
sists of  the  several  departments  of  instruction  that  are  brought  into 
organic  relations  for  the  purpose  of  affording  facilities  for  generous 
and  comprehensive  studies  in  Philosophy  and  Ethics. 

2.  The  departments  thus  brought  into  organic  relations  are  Ancient 
Philosophy,  Modern  Philosophy,  Psychology,  Logic,  Pedagogy,  The 
History  and  Philosophy  of  Religion  and  of  Christian  Bthics,  and 
such,  other  departments  as  may,  from  time  to  time,  be  added  by  the 
Trustees.     The  officers  of  instruction  in  these  departments  shall  con- 
stitute the  Faculty  of  the  School. 

3.  The  school  is  placed  by  the  Trustees  under  the  direction  of  a 
Dean,  who  shall  have  general  superintendence  of  the  workings  of  the 
School ;  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  Faculty  in  the  absence  of 
the  President ;  shall  recommend  to  the  President  all  persons  for  ap- 
pointment in  the  several  grades  of  instruction,  and  be  responsible  for 
their  efficiency  ;  shall  within  the  means  placed  at  his  disposal  do  all 
that  he  can  to  promote  the  prosperity  of  the  School  and  the  Univer- 
sity ;  shall  make  an  Annual  Report  to  the  President,  and  from  time 
to  time  shall  make  such  other  reports  and  recommendations  as  may 
seem  to  be  called  for  by  the  condition  and  needs  of  the  School. 

XIIL—SAGE  COLLEGE. 

1.  Subject  to  the  rules  and  directions  of  the  Trustees,  Sage  College  is 
under  the  management  of  the  Principal  and  the  Business  Manager. 

2.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  Principal  to  administer  the  rules  adopted  by 
the  Trustees  for  the  guidance  of  students  residing  in  Sage  College  ;  to 
have  the  general  charge  of  the  social  interests  of  the  students  of  Sage 
College ;   to    advise  them    in    regard  to   all  matters  of  health   and 
conduct ;  to  determine  the  use  of  the  Sage  College  reception  room, 
subject  to  such  regulations  as  are  hereinafter  provided  ;  to  report  to  the 
President  of  the  University  any  such  infractions  of  the  rules  as  she 
may  deem  it  necessary  to  call  to  his  attention  ;  and  to  make  an  Annu- 
al Report  to  the  President  in  regard  to  the  work  of  the  year,  and  in 
regard  to  any  changes  which  she  may  deem  advisable. 

3.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  Business  Manager  to  have  the  care  of  the 
Sage  College  building  in  all  its  parts,  except  those  which  have  been 
assigned  to  the  care  of  the  department  of  Botany  ;  to  keep  the  public 


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and  private  rooms  of  the  building  in  good  order  ;  to  pay  special  atten- 
tion to  the  sanitary  condition  of  the  building  ;  to  furnish  all  supplies 
for  the  table  in  proper  variety,  quantity,  and  quality  ;  to  provide  that 
the  building  throughout  be  kept  neat  and  attractive  in  appearance  ;  to 
close  the  building  and  extinguish  the  lights  in  the  public  rooms  at  10 
p.  m.,  except  in  those  special  cases  that  are  duly  provided  for  ;  to  take 
every  reasonable  precaution  against  fire  ;  to  make  out  and  collect  all 
proper  bills  against  students  and  boarders  within  the  College  ;  to  em- 
ploy and  pay  all  necessary  service  ;  to  make  such  uniform  charges  for 
the  unusual  use  of  the  reception  room  and  other  rooms  as  may  be 
agreed  upon  at  the  beginning  of  each  year,  in  consultation  with  the 
Treasurer  of  the  University  and  the  Principal  of  Sage  College  ;  to 
make  an  Annual  Report  to  the  Treasurer  at  the  end  of  each  college 
year  ;  and,  in  general,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  his  contract 
with  the  Trustees  of  the  University,  to  have  charge  of  all  the  material 
interests  of  the  College. 

4.  All  women  admitted  to  the  University  as  students  are  required  to 
room  and  board  at  Sage  College  unless  excused  for  due  cause  by  the 
Sage  College  Committee. 

5.  All  students  residing  in  Sage  College  are  required  to  be  in  the  Col- 
lege building  at  10  o'clock  at  night ;  and,  except  in  case  of  some  general 
entertainment  in  the  building,  are  required,  to  be  in  their  own  private 
rooms.     The  only  exception  to  this  requirement  permitted  will  be  in 
case  of  absence  from  the  building  with  the  Principal  or  with  her  per- 
mission secured  in  advance. 

6.  Quiet  must  ba  observed  in  the  corridors  and  private  rooms  after 
10  o'clock  at  night. 

7.  Every  student  is  required,  on  going  out  in  the  evening,  to  leave 
her  name  with  the  Principal,  and  to  state  where  and  with  whom  she 
is  going.     If  the  Principal  is  not  in  her  room,  written  notice  must  be 
left  on  the  table  inside  the  door  of  her  room. 

8.  Calls  from  young  gentlemen  may  be  received  in  the  reception 
room  on  two  specified  evenings  in  the  week,  from  7.30  to  9.30  o'clock, 
the  evenings  to  be  designated  by  the  Principal  after  due  consultation  of 
the  convenience  of  the  young  ladies.     At  all  other  times  the  cards  of 
young  gentlemen  calling  will  be  delivered  by  the  porter  to  the  Prin- 
cipal, and  will  then  be  forwarded  only  in  case  of  special  necessity. 

9.  All  students  residing  in  Sage  College  are  expected  to  assemble  in 
the  reception  room  each  day  immediately  after  tea  for  such  announce- 
ments as  the  Principal  may  desire  to  make.     This  requirement  may  be 
waived  at  the  discretion  of  the  Principal. 

10.  On  all  questions  of  propriety  on  the  part  of  students  residing  in 


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Sage  College,  the  Principal  is  recognized  by  the  Trustees  as  the  authori- 
tative judge.  In  case  of  any  violation  of  either  of  the  rules,  or 
of  the  requirements  of  the  Principal  in  the  matter  of  conduct,  or  of  any 
persistent  misdemeanor  of  any  kind,  the  Principal  is  expected  to  re- 
port the  case  to  the  President  of  the  University. 

XIV.—  THE  UNIVERSITY  LIBRARY. 

1.  The  general  care  and  supervision  of  the  University  Library  is 
entrusted  to  a  Library  Council.     This  council  consists  of  the  Presi- 
dent of    the  University,  who  shall  be  ex-officio    Chairman   of  the 
Council,  the  Librarian,  or,  in  his  absence,    the  Acting  Librarian, 
and  five  elected  members,  one  of  whom  shall  be  elected  by  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  and  four  by  the  General   Faculty.     The  election  of 
members  shall  take  place  annually  as  near  the  beginning  of  the  col- 
legiate year  as  may  be  practicable.     Persons  elected  shall  hold  office 
till  their  successors  are  chosen. 

2.  For  the  election  of  members  from  the  Faculty  that  body  shall 
be  divided  into  two  groups,  and  each  group  at  the  first  election  after 
the  adoption  of  this  statute  shall  elect  two  members,  one  of  whom 
shall  hold  office  for  one  year  and  one  for  two  years,  the  term  of  each 
being  determined  by  lot.     Each   year  thereafter  one  member  shall 
be  elected  annually  by  each  group  for  two  years. 

3.  The  two  groups  for  the  election  of  members  shall  be  constituted 
as  follows,  viz.:  i.  The  Group  of  Science;  2.  The  Group  of  Letters. 
The  Group  of  Science  for  the  purposes  of  this  act  shall  be  deemed  to 
include  those  members  of  the  General  Faculty  who  give  instruction 
in  the  departments   of  Agriculture,    Architecture,  Civil  Engineering, 
Mechanical    and     Electrical     Engineering,    Mathematics,    Physics, 
Chemistry,  Physical  Culture,  Military  Tactics,  and  the  several  branches 
of  Natural  History.     The  group  of  Letters  shall  be  deemed  to  include 
those  members  of  the  Faculty  who  give  instruction  in  the  departments 
of  the  several  Languages,  of  History  and  Political  Science,  and  of 
Philosophy   and   Ethics.     In   each  of  the  groups  the  election  shall 
be  by  ballot,  and  the  result  of  the  ballot  shall  be  communicated  to 
the  Executive  Committee  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Faculty.     In  case 
a  member  of  the  Faculty  should  be  a  member  of  both  groups,  he  may 
choose  the  group  in  which  he  will  act,  and  he  may  vote  and  be  voted 
for  in  that  group  and  not  in  the  other. 

4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of   the  Library   Council  to  apportion  the 
book    funds    between    the    various    departments    of   instruction    as 
may  best  accord  with  the  interests  of  the  University,  and  to  recom- 


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mend  and  submit  to  the  Trustees  for  their  approval  all  questions  per- 
taining to  the  apportionment  of  the  funds,  binding,  cataloguing, 
and  in  general,  to  all  accommodations,  arrangements,  and  rules  for 
the  administration  of  the  Library.  After  the  apportionment  of  the 
book  funds  each  year  shall  have  been  approved  by  the  Executive 
Committee,  the  Treasurer  shall  be  authorized,  unless  otherwise  in- 
structed, to  purchase  books  approved  by  the  Council,  not  exceeding 
the  amount  of  the  appropriation  ;  but  no  subordinate  shall  be  em- 
ployed, salaries  paid,  or  expenses  of  any  kind  incurred  which  shall 
not  first  have  been  approved  by  the  Executive  Committee,  and  after 
an  appropriation  duly  made  by  them.  All  business  of  a  financial 
character  shall  be  transacted  through  the  Treasurer  of  the  University. 

5.  The  duties  of  the  Librarian  shall  be  to  take  charge  of  the  internal 
administration  of  the  Library,  and,  with  his  subordinates,   to  keep  it 
in  complete  working  order  for  the  use  of  Professors,  students,  and 
others  entitled  to  it ;  to  conduct  its  correspondence  ;  to  make  an  Annu- 
al Report  to  the  President  of  its  condition,  and  of  all  additions  to  it ; 
and  to  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  imposed  upon  him  from 
time  to  time  by  the  Trustees. 

6.  The    Librarian    and    President  have  power  to  approve   orders, 
signed  by  the  Professors  at  the  head  of  the  departments,  for  ordinary 
working  books,  but  shall  refer  to  the  Council  all  orders  for  costly  or 
otherwise  exceptional  books. 

7.  The  selection  and  purchase,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Li- 
brary Council,  of  books  in  the  fields  of  study  to  which  the  President 
White  Library  is  specially  devoted,  is  in  accordance  with  the  resolu- 
tions of  the  Trustees  of  the  University  on  January  19,  1887,  entrusted 
to  a  body  consisting  of  the  President  of  the  University,  ex  officio,  the 
Honorable  Andrew  Dickson  White,  the  Librarian  of  the  University, 
the  Librarian  of  the  President  White  Library,  ex  officio,  and  one  rep- 
resentative to  be   chosen  by  the   Library  Council   from  the  special 
faculty  of  History  and  Political  Science. 

8.  The  fields  of  study  in  which  the  selection  and  purchase  of  books 
for  the  President  White  Library  may  be  made  shall  be  interpreted  to 
be:   (i)  General   History   and   the  sciences   auxiliary  to   history  (as 
geography,    chronology,    palaeography,  diplomatics,    pneumismatics, 
archaeology)  ;    (2)    Ancient    History,    Oriental    and    European ;    (3) 
Mediaeval   History,   political,  social,  and  ecclesiastical ;    (4)  Modern 
History  of  the  Old  World. 

9.  The  two  Fellows  on  the  President  White  foundation,  to  wit,  the 
Fellow  in  modern  history  and  the  Fellow  in  political  and  social  sci- 
ence, shall  give  to  the  services  of  the  President  White  Library,  subject 


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to  the  direction  of  the  librarian  thereof,  not  less  than  four  hours  daily 
of  personal  attendance  as  an  equivalent  for  the  hours  of  teaching  re- 
quired under  the  regulations  of  the  Faculty,  save  when,  with  the  con- 
sent of  the  Librarian  of  the  University,  they  are  assigned  to  other 
duties  by  the  special  faculty  of  History  and  Political  Science. 

XV.—FELLO  WSHIPS. 

1.  There  have  been  established  at  this  University  four  classes  of 
Fellowships,  as  follows  : 

(a).  Eight  University  Fellowships,  denominated  respectively,  the 
Cornell  Fellowship  ;  the  McGraw  Fellowship  ;  the  Sage  Fellowship  ; 
the  Schuyler  Fellowship  ;  the  Sibley  Fellowship ;  the  Goldwin  Smith 
Fellowship  ;  the  President  White  Fellowship  ;  and  the  Erastus  Brooks 
Fellowship. 

(b).  Two  President  White  Fellowships,  denominated ;  first,  the 
President  White  Fellowship  of  Modern  History ;  second,  the  Presi- 
dent White  Fellowship  of  Political  and  Social  Science. 

(c).  Three  Susan  Linn  Sage  Fellowships  in  Philosophy  and  Ethics. 

(d).  Two  Fellowships  in  Polttical  Economy  and  Finance. 

2.  The  President  White  Fellowships  in  History  and  Political  and 
Social  Science  have  an  annual  value  of  $500.00  each  ;  the  others  have 
an  annual  value  of  $400.00  each,  the  money  being  payable  to  the 
holders  thereof  in  three  equal  parts,  one  part  on  the  15th  of  Decem- 
ber, one  on  the  I5th  of  March,  and  one  on  the  I5th  of  June. 

3.  All  candidates  for  Fellowships  must  be  graduates  of  this  Univer- 
ty,  or  of  some  other  institution  having  equivalent  courses  of  instruc- 
tion, and  must  be  men  or  women  of  high  character  and  marked  ability 
in  some  important  department  of  study. 

4.  Fellows  will  be  selected  by  the  General  Faculty  on  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  head  of  that  department  in  which  the  applicant  de- 
sires to  carry  on  the  principal  part  of  his  work. 

5.  All  applications  and  testimonials  must  be  filed  with  the  Registrar 
on  or  before  the  isth  of  May  of  the  collegiate  year  preceding  the  one 
for  which  application  is  made. 

6.  The  term  of  each  Fellowship  is  one  year ;  but  the  term  may  be 
extended  to  two  years,  provided  the  extension  does  not  increase  the 
number  of  Fellows  beyond  that  named  in  paragraph  I  of  this  act. 

7.  In  view  of  the  fact  that  practical  University  instruction  will  be  of 
use  in  training  said  Fellows  for  future  usefulness,  each  holder  of  a 
Fellowship  shall  be  liable  to  render  service  to  the  University  in  the 
work  of  instruction  or  examinations  to  the  extent  of  four  hours  per 


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week  throughout  the  collegiate  year.  The  distribution  and  assignment 
of  this  service  in  each  individual  case  shall  be  determined  by  the 
head  of  the  department  in  which  the  Fellow  is  doing  his  principal 
work.  It  is  expected  that  the  President  White  Fellows  in  History  and 
Political  Science  will  do  a  large  part  of  their  study  in  the  President 
White  Library,  and,  to  this  end,  it  is  required,  that,  except  when, 
with  the  consent  of  the  Librarian  of  the  University,  they  are  excused 
or  assigned  to  other  duties  by  the  Faculty  of  History  and  Politi- 
cal Science,  said  Fellows  shall  be  in  attendance  in  the  Library  not  less 
than  four  hours  each  per  day. 

8.  No  person  shall  hold  at  one  time  more  than  one  Fellowship,  ex- 
cept in  the  case  hereafter  specified  under  paragraph  12  of  this  statute, 
and  any  Fellow  may  be  dispossessed  of  the  income  of  his  Fellowship 
by  action  of  the  Faculty,  if  he  shall  be  guilty  of  any  offence,  or  if  he 
shall  continue  in  any  course  of  conduct,  which,  in  the  opinion  of  the 
Faculty,  shall  render  him  unworthy  of  holding  such  Fellowship  ;  but 
the  final  action  in  such  cases  by  the  Faculty  shall  be  by  ballot,  and 
shall  require  a  two-thirds  vote. 

9.  Vacancies  in  Fellowships  that  occur  after  October  ist,  in  order  to 
be  filled,  shall  require  a  three-fourths  vote  of  the  Faculty. 

10.  All  persons  elected  to  Fellowships  are  required,  upon  accepting 
their  appointment,  to  file  a  bond  to  repay  the  University,  in  case  of 
their  resignation  before  the  expiration  of  the  time  for  which  they  were 
appointed,  any  sums  which  they  may  have  received. 

11.  In  all  cases  where  Fellowships  are  not  awarded,  or  when  from 
any  cause  the  income  of  one  or  more  Fellowships  may  cease  to  be 
paid,  or  when  the  aggregate  sum  paid  shall  be  less  than  the  amount 
contemplated  by  this  act,  the  surplus  thus  accruing  shall  be  added  to 
the  principal  of  the  loan  fund  for  needy  and  meritorious  students. 

12.  BUher  or  both  of  the  President  White  Fellowships  in  History 
and  Political  Science  may  in  the  discretion  of  the  Faculty  be  made  a 
travelling  Fellowship  for  the  purpose  of  study  and  investigation,  the 
holder  thereof  making  from  time  to  time  to  the  Faculty  such  reports 
of  his  progress  as  may  be  required.     In  case  of  a  student  of  very  ex- 
ceptional ability  and  promise  in  the  fields  of  either  of  these  Fellow- 
ships, the  two  Fellowships  may,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Faculty,  for 
the  sake  of  enabling  very  thorough  research,  be  combined  for  a  single 
year  into  one. 

13.  The  three  Susan  Linn   Sage   Fellowships  in  Philosophy  and 
Ethics  shall  be  awarded  by  the  General  Faculty  on  the  recommenda- 
tion of  the  Faculty  of  the  Susan  Linn  Sage  School  of  Philosophy. 


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X  VL— SCHOLARSHIPS. 

1.  There  have  been  established  by  the  University  thirty-six  Univer- 
sity Scholarships,  and  six  Susan  Linn  Sage  Scholarships,  each  of  the 
annual  value  of  $200. 

2.  The  University  Scholarships  are  named  as  follows  :  The  Cornell 
Scholarships  ;  the  Lord  Scholarships  ;  the  McGraw  Scholarships  ;  the 
Sage  Scholarships ;    the  Sibley  Scholarships ;    the  President  White 
Scholarships ;  the  Horace  Greeley  Scholarships  ;  the  John  Stanton 
Gould  Scholarships  ;  and  the  Stewart  L.  Woodford  Scholarships. 

3.  The  University  Scholarships  are  given  : 

(a)  For  the  first  two  years  of  any  course,  on  the  basis  of  excellence 
in  special  examinations  held  at  the  beginning  of  the  Freshman  year. 

(b)  For  the  third  and  fourth  years,  on  the  basis  of  highest  general 
standing  in  the  first  two  years,  including  all  the  required  work,  and  as 
much  elective  work  as  may  be  necessary  to  complete  an  aggregate 
amounting  to  sixteen  hours  a  week  taken  in  the  University  during  two 
years.     Work  for  which  credit  is  given  in  consequence  of  having  been 
done  before  coming  to  the  University,  is  not  to  be  considered  in  the 
computation. 

4.  Applicants  for  a  University  Scholarship  must  be  free  from  condi- 
tions at  the  time  of  making  application. 

5.  University  Scholarships  for  the  first  two  years  will  be  given  for 
passing  examinations  which  shall  average  the  highest  in  any  three  of 
the  following  groups,  of  which  group  (a)  must  be  one  : 

(a).  Arithmetic,  and  algebra  through  quadratic  equations  ; 

(b).  Plane  and  solid  geometry  ; 

(c).  Greek; 

(d).  Latin; 

(e).  French  ; 

(f).  German. 

6.  The  holder  of  a  University  Scholarship  shall  forfeit  the  right  to 
the  same  in  case  said  holder  shall  at  any  time  change  the  course  in 
which  he  or  she  was  registered  at  the  time  of  receiving  the  award,  un- 
less the  records  of  entrance  examinations  shall  show  that,  at  the  time 
of  the  holder's  admission  to  the  University  all  the  subjects  required 
for  admission  to  the  course  last  chosen  were  passed  by  him  or  her  ;  and 
all  candidates  must  state  before  the  Scholarships  are  awarded  what 
course  they  intend  to  pursue. 

7.  The  holders  of  University  Scholarships  must  be  candidates  for 
the  first  degree,  and  shall  not  be  recommended  by  the  Faculty  for 
such  degree,  except  after  a  residence  of  the  full  period  of  four  years  at 
the  University. 


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8.  All  persons  shall  be  debarred  from  the  competition  for  University 
Scholarships,   for  the  first  two  years  of  any  course,  who  shall  have 
participated  in  any  previous  competition  for  the  same,  or  shall  have 
been  in  any  previous  year  or  years  registered  as  a  student  in  this  Uni- 
versity, or  in  any  other  University  or  College. 

9.  A  University  Scholarship  will  be  forfeited  at  any  time  in  case 
two-thirds  of  the  Faculty  present  at  any  meeting,  notice  having  been 
given  at  the  meeting  immediately  before,  shall  decide  that  the  holder 
has  been  guilty  of  negligence,  or  of  conduct  of  any  kind  that  is  un- 
becoming a  student  holding  such  Scholarship. 

10.  Whenever  any  University  Scholarship  shall  for  any  reason  be- 
come vacant,  the  vacancy  can  be  filled  by  the  Faculty  only  from  the 
students  of  the  same  course  as  that  in  which  the  vacancy  occurred. 

11.  The  Susan  Linn  Sage  Scholarships  are  awarded  by  the  General 
Faculty  on  the  recommendation  of  the  Faculty  of  the  Susan  Linn  Sage 
School  of  Philosophy  ;  and  are  awarded  to  students  who  have  already 
taken  the  baccalaureate  degree,  and  are  pursuing  studies  in  philoso- 
phy and  ethics  with  a  view  to  a  higher  degree. 

12.  The  moneys  due  on  Scholarships  are  paid  at  the  office  of  the 
Treasurer  of  the  University  in  three  equal  payments,  on  I5th  of  De- 
cember, isth  of  March,  and  isth  of  June. 


XVII—  MISCELLANEOUS  PROVISIONS. 

1.  All  graduates  of  the  first  degree,  in  any  of  the  departments  of 
Cornell  University,   and  all  persons  who  have  been  admitted  to  any 
degree  higher  than  the  first  in  the  University  shall  be  Alumni  of  said 
University,  and  as  such  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  for  Alumni  Trustees 
under  and  in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  contained  in  Chapter  763  of 
the  Laws  of  New  York  passed  in  1867,  and  the  amendments  thereof. 

2.  Any  student  of  the  University  who,  since  receiving  the  degree  of 
B.M.B.  or  B.C.E.,  has  had  three  years  or  more  of  reputable  study  or 
practice  in  the  profession  of  Mechanical  or  Civil  Engineering,  may, 
on  the  recommendation  of  the  Director  of  his  College,  and  on  pay- 
ment of  the  fee  required  for  a  first  degree  and  all  other  dues,  be  ad- 
mitted to  the  degree  of  Mechanical  Engineer  or  Civil  Engineer,  and 
the  President  is  authorized  to  sign  the  proper  diploma. 

3.  In  addition  to  the  powers  and  duties  in  the  foregoing  provisions, 
the  various  persons,  officers,  faculties,  and  committees  shall  continue 
to  exercise  the  powers  and  be  subject  to  the  duties  heretofore  enjoyed 
or  imposed  by  usage,  custom,  and  ordinary  practice  in  so  far  as  they 
may  not  conflict  with  the  positive  legislation  herein  contained  ;  and 


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any  other  powers  that  shall  be  necessary  and  proper  for  carrying  into 
effect  these  provisions.  And  the  Executive  Committee  may  make  new 
rules  or  modify,  when  necessary,  the  foregoing  regulations  by  a  two- 
thirds  vote. 

4.  All  ordinances  or  resolutions  prior  to  August  I,  1890,  relating  to 
the  subjects  contained  in  this  revision  are  repealed,  but  such  repeal 
shall  not  affect  or  apply  to  any  resolution  or  ordinance  of  a  personal, 
local,  or  temporary  nature. 


[No.  i.] 


VOTES   OF   THE   GENERAL   FACULTY, 
CORNELL  UNIVERSITY. 


Nov.  30,   1888. 
[Amended  Dec.  7,  1888.] 


The  Faculty  recommend  to  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees,  that  the  following  limitations  be  added  to  the  conditions 
of  scholarship  competition  already  in  force  : 

1.  Persons  over  21  years  of  age  shall  be  debarred  from  the  competi- 
tion. 

2.  The  holder  of  a  scholarship  shall  forfeit  the  rights  to  the  same, 
in  case  said  holder  shall  at  any  time  change  the  course  in  which  he  or 
she  was  registered  at  the  time  of  receiving  the  award,  unless  the  record  of 
entrance  examinations  shall  show  that  at  the  time  of  the  holder's  ad- 
mission to  the  University,  all  the  subjects  required  for  admission  to  the 
course  last  chosen  were  passed  by  him  or  her.      All  candidates  must 
state  before  the  scholarships  are  awarded  what  course  they  intend  to 
pursue. 

3.  Holders  of  scholarships  must  be  candidates  for  a  first  degree,  and 
shall  not  be  recommended  by  the  Faculty  for  such  a  degree,  except 
after  the  full  period  of  four  years'  residence  at  the  University,  and 
after  having  pursued  in  the  University  all  the  courses  of  study  leading 
to  the  degree. 

4.  All  persons  shall  be  debarred  from  the  competition  for  the  Uni- 
versity scholarships  who  shall  have  participated  in  any  previous  com- 
petition for  the  same,  or  who  shall  have  been  in  any  previous  year  or 
years  registered  as  a  student  in  this  University,  or  any  other  university 
or  college  of  similar  standing. 

5.  These  resolutions  do  not  take  effect  until  1891. 

[The  above  action  was  presented  to  the  Executive  Committee  and 
by  them  confirmed  Nov.  4,  1889.] 


[No.  2.] 


VOTES  OF  THE  GENERAL  FACULTY, 
CORNELL  UNIVERSITY. 


RUI.ES    GOVERNING     THE    WOODFORD   CONTEST     AS   AMENDED    JAN. 

17,      1890. 

1.  Any  student  registered  as  Senior  in  one  of  the  four-year  courses 
leading  to  a  degree  may  be  a  competitor,  provided  he  has  taken  at 
least  one  course  of  instruction  in  Elocution. 

2.  Every  competitor  shall  be  required  to  submit,  at  the  Registrar's 
office,  on  or  before  noon  of  the  first  Monday  of  the  Spring  term,  an 
original  oration  upon  a  subject  which  shall  have  previously  been  ap- 
proved by  the  Professor  of  Rhetoric. 

3.  The   competing   orations   shall   be   limited  to  fifteen   hundred 
words  ;  shall  be  written  with  a  type-writer  ;  shall  be  signed  with  a 
fictitious  name  ;  and  be  accompanied  with  a  sealed  envelope  contain- 
ing the  fictitious  name  of  the  writer  without,  and  the  real  name 
within. 

4.  From  the  orations  submitted,   a  Committee  appointed  by  the 
Faculty  shall  select  the  best,  not  to  exceed  six  in  number,  for  de- 
livery in  public,  and  the  names  of  the  successful   writers  shall  be 
announced  as  early  as  is  practicable  after  the  beginning  of  the  Spring 
Term. 

5.  The  prize  shall  not  be  conferred  unless  the  successful  competitor 
shall  complete  his  course  and  take  his  degree  at  the  Commencement 
next  following. 

6.  The  contest  for  the  prize  will  take  place  on  the  evening  of  the 
Wednesday  preceding  Commencement  Day,  under  the  direction  of 
the  President  of  the  University. 

7.  The  prize  shall  be  awarded  by  a  Committee  of  three  appointed 
by   the   President   from   persons   not   resident  in  Ithaca,  whenever 
practicable. 

8.  A  copy  of  each  of  the  orations  selected  for  the  competition  shall, 
within  one  week  after  the  selection,  be  deposited  by  its  author  with 
the  committee  charged  with  the  selection,  who  shall,  after  the  com- 


pletion  of  the  competition,  deposit  the  successful  oration  permanently 
in  the  University  I/ibrary. 

RULES  AS  TO  COMMENCEMENT  SPEAKERS,  RE-AFFIRMED  JAN.  IO,  1890. 

1.  Any  member  of  the  Senior  class  who  is  to  receive  a  degree  on 
the  coming  Commencement  may  compete  for  a  place  on  the  Com- 
mencement stage,  providing  proof  of  satisfactory  oratorical  ability 
has  been  given  to  the  teacher  of  Elocution  and  Oratory. 

2.  Each  competitor  must  present*  at  the  Registrar's  office,  at  or 
before  noon  of  the  last  Friday  in  April,  a  production  of  no  more  than 
750  words  on  any  subject  approved  by  the  head  of  the  department  in 
which  the  subject  lies. 

3.  From  such  productions  a  Committee  from  the  Faculty  will  se- 
lect no  more  than  nine  to  be  delivered  on  the  Commencement  stage. 

RESOLUTIONS   AS  TO  THE   DEGREE  OF  BACHELOR   OF  SCIENCE 
IN   ARCHITECTURE,    PASSED   FEB.    21,    1890. 

Resolved,  That  the  degree  of  Master  of  Science  in  Architecture 
be  conferred  upon  candidates,  who,  having  previously  taken  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  Science  in  Architecture  in  this  University,  spend 
one  year  in  study  at  the  University,  and  comply  with  the  other  re- 
quirements for  the  Master's  degree. 

Resolved,  That  the  following  changes  be  made  in  the  Register. 
On  page  154,  line  6  of  the  first  clause  under  the  heading  "  Advanced 
Degrees,"  and  also  on  page  155,  line  5,  after  the  word  "  Engineer- 
ing," insert  the  word  "Architecture."  On  page  88,  line  10,  insert 
the  word  "Architecture"  before  the  word  "  and." 

RESOLUTION    AS   TO   STUDENTS   TAKING  WORK   IN  THE   LAW  SCHOOL, 
PASSED   FEB.    21,    1890. 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  reported  to  the  Faculty,  Oct.  7,  1887, 
(Faculty  Records,  C.  251),  and  then  adopted,  be  amended  to  read  as 
follows  :  ' '  Undergraduates  in  any  other  department  of  the  Univer- 
sity shall  not  be  permitted  to  take  studies  in  the  Law  School  except 
by  special  permission  of  the  General  Faculty,  to  be  obtained  from 
term  to  term." 


GENERAL  LEGISLATION   OF  THE   FACULTY 

AND   EXTRACTS   FROM   THE 

FACULTY  RECORDS. 


MISCELLANEOUS  SELECTIONS. 
SEPT.,  1868— OCT.,  1890. 


FACULTY  PROCEDURE  AND 
Fac.  B,  page  208.     Feb.  18,  1876. 

Voted,  That  hereafter  the  Faculty  meet  at  4  o'clock  on  Fridays  and 
adjourn  not  later  than  6  o'clock. 

Voted,  That  in  the  discussions  of  the  Faculty  no  member  be  allowed 
to  speak  more  than  twice  on  the  same  motion  at  any  one  meeting, 
without  special  permission  of  the  Faculty. 

Voted,  That  no  rule  of  the  Faculty  shall  be  suspended  except  by  a 
two  thirds  vote  of  the  members  present.  . 

Fac.  A,  page  277.     April  26,  1872. 

Voted,  That  when  the  Faculty  adjourn,  it  be  to  meet  on  Thursday 
evening  at  y>£  o'clock,  and  that  less  than  a  quorum  be  deemed  suffi- 
cient to  transact  the  business  of  the  meeting. 

Fac.  C,  page  234..    June  sj,  1887. 

Resolved,  That  in  the  opinio  i  of  the  Faculty  it  is  desirable  that  the 
offices  of  Secretary  and  Registrar  be  combined. 

Fac.  B,  page  128.     Sept.  if,  1874. 

i.  Resolved,  That  the  following  committees  be  established  as  stand- 
ing committees  of  the  Faculty,  to  wit : 

(a)  A  committee  on  entrance  examinations,  consisting  of  the  Regis- 
trar, the  associate  professor  of  history,  and  the  professors  of  rhetoric 
and  mathematics. 

(b)  A  committee   on   term   examinations,   consisting  of  the  Vice 
President,  the  Registrar,  and  five  professors. 

(c)  A  committee  on  registration,  consisting  of  the  Vice  President 
and  two  professors. 

(d)  A  committee  on  qualifications  for  graduation,  consisting  of  the 
Vice  President,  Registrar,  and  five  professors. 


II. 

(e)  A  committee  on  the  exemption  of  laboring  students  from  the 
full   amount    of   University   services    required,    consisting    of   three 
professors. 

(f )  The  military  committee,  consisting  of  the  professor  of  military 
science  and  two  other  professors. 

(g)  A  committee  on  the  publication  of  the  Register,  consisting  of 
the   Registrar,  the  Secretary  of  the   Faculty,   and  the  professor  of 
rhetoric. 

2.  The  members  of  these  committees,  in  all  cases  except  those  that 
are  described  by  their  offices  as  members  ex  officio,  shall  be  appointed 
annually  by  the  presiding  officer  at  the  first  regular  meeting  of  the 
Faculty  after  the  Summer  vacation. 

3.  The   President  is  ex  officio   a   member  of  each   of  the   above 
committees. 

[For  action  establishing  these  and  other  committees  of  the  Faculty, 
see  Reprints  of  Faculty  Legislation,  p.  27.] 

Fac.  B,  page  187.     Oct.  75,  1875. 

Voted,  That  all  applications  and  communications  from  students  to 
the  Faculty  must  be  made  in  writing. 

Fac.  A,  page  77.     Nov.  r8,  1868. 

Resolved,  That  no  anonymous  communications  to  the  Faculty  be 
received,  but  that  the  same  be  destroyed  by  the  Secretary,  and  that 
notice  of  this  resolution  be  given  to  the  students. 

Fac.  A,  page  757.     Nov.  77,  1870. 

Voted,  That  hereafter  all  motions  and  amendments  to  motions  that 
are  not  merely  the  granting  or  refusing  of  a  written  application  shall 
be  in  writing,  dated  and  signed  by  the  person  making  the  motion  or 
amendment. 

Fac.  A,  page  273.     April  12,  1872. 

Voted,  That  hereafter  when  any  resolution  has  been  offered,  any 
amendment  that  relates  to  the  same  subject  matter  shall  be  in  order. 

Fac.  B,  page  216.      April  14,  1876. 

Resolved,  That  no  motion  or  resolution  affecting  the  general  policy 
of  the  University  shall  be  put  on  its  passage  till  the  same  shall  have 
been  referred  to  a  committee  and  reported  upon  at  a  specified  subse- 
quent meeting. 

Fac.  B,  page  315.     Nov.  o,  1877. 

Voted,  That  hereafter  all  subjects  which  are  referred  as  the  special 
order  of  the  day  at  a  certain  future  meeting  be  taken  up,  unless  other- 
wise designated,  immediately  after  reports  on  delinquent  students. 


III. 

Fac.  A,  page  175.     Feb.  j,  1871. 

Resolved,  That  the  interests  of  the  University  require  that  the 
Faculty  whenever  it  acts  should  act  as  a  unit,  and  that  the  existence 
of  differences  of  opinion  among  its  members  as  to  its  action  should  not 
be  known  outside. 

Resolved,  That  it  is  a  breach  of  good  faith  in  a  member  of  the 
Faculty  to  allow  the  opinion  of  any  other  member  on  any  matter 
which  may  have  come  before  it  to  be  known  outside. 

Fac.  C,  page  477.     March  7,  1890. 

Moved  and  carried,  That  the  discussions  and  doings  of  the  Faculty 
as  to  discipline  be  considered  wholly  confidential. 

REGISTRATION. 

Fac.  A,  page  103.     Dec.  20, 1869. 

Resolved,  That  each  member  of  the  Faculty  be  requested  to  de- 
mand from  each  student  the  certificate  of  registration  at  the  beginning 
of  each  term,  and  to  consider  no  student  a  member  of  his  class  with- 
out such  certificate. 

ABSENCES. 

Fac.  C,  page  14.3.     Dec.  12,  1885. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  resolutions  in  regard  to 
attendance  on  University  exercises  reported,  recommending  the  adop- 
tion of  the  following  resolutions  : 

i.  That,  for  the  present,  attendance  at  recitations  and  lectures  be 
made  voluntary  for  students  of  all  classes  ;  provided  that  in  case  any 
student  shall  so  neglect  his  work,  by  absence  or  otherwise,  as  to  im- 
pair or  endanger  his  own  standing  or  the  scholarship  of  his  class,  he 
may  after  due  warning,  with  the  approval  of  the  head  of  the  depart- 
ment in  which  the  neglect  occurs,  and  with'  the  approval  of  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  University,  be  excluded  from  attendance  in  the  class  and 
from  the  ensuing  examination. 

That  the  President  and  Faculty  desire  it  to  be  understood  that  this 
arrangement  is  regarded  by  them  as  an  experiment,  and  that  its  suc- 
cess and  final  adoption  as  the  method  of  the  University  will  depend 
largely  upon  the  intelligent  and  hearty  co-operation  of  the  students. 

That  the  keeping  of  a  record  of  absences  be  left  to  the  discretion  of 
heads  of  departments. 

Fee.  C,  page  468.    Jan.  6,  1890. 

Voted,  That  no  doctor's  certificate  will  be  accepted  by  the  Faculty 
without  the  endorsement  of  the  professor  of  physical  culture. 


IV. 

EXAMINATIONS. 

Fac.  A,  page  n.     Oct.  21,  1868. 

Voted,  That  all  the  students  be  examined  at  the  end  of  the  term  on 
the  studies  of  the  term  ;  and  that  all  who  were  conditioned  on  ad- 
mission to  the  University  be  further  examined  at  the  same  time  in 
those  studies  in  which  they  were  conditioned.  [Compare  other  reso- 
lutions on  this  subject.  Reprints,  pp.  6,  21-26.] 

Fac.  A,  page  181.     March  j,  1871. 

1.  Resolved ',  That  the  examinations  be  appointed  to  begin  on  the 
second  Monday  before  the  end  of  the  term,  and  to  continue  daily  un- 
til completed,  and  that  they  shall  not  extend  beyond  Saturday  evening  ; 
and  that  all  recitations  shall  cease  at  the  commencement  of  examina- 
tions. 

2.  Resolved,  That  each  professor  shall  have  the  hours  he  has  occu- 
pied during  the  term  for  examinations,  or  instead  thereof  at  his  op- 
tion, three  consecutive  hours  in  the  afternoon  of  any  day,  or  in  the 
forenoon  of  Saturday,  to  be  arranged  b}7  a  committee  appointed  for 
that  purpose  to  avoid  collisions. 

Resolved,  That  every  professor  shall  be  liable  to  be  assigned  by  the 
Faculty  to  attend  any  examination  where  his  aid  shall  be  needed  by 
the  professor  of  that  department,  provided  the  classes  be  examined  in 
divisions  of  not  less  than  40  for  the  larger  rooms  and  21  in  the  long 
rooms.  [Modified  later.  Compare  Reprints,  p.  26.] 

Fac.  C,  page  41.     May  23,  1884. 

The  following  resolutions  in  regard  to  reports  of  examinations  were 
taken  from  the  table  and  adopted  : 

1.  That  it  is  the  duty  of  each  member  of  the  Faculty  to  deliver  to 
the  Registrar  his  report  of  an  examination  as  soon  as  possible  there- 
after ;  and  that  all  absences  from  examinations  shall  be  indicated  in 
these  reports. 

2.  That  all  examination  reports  must  be  handed  to  the  Registrar 
within  ^yz  working  days  after  the  last  day  of  examination. 

3.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Registrar  to  report  at  the  next 
succeeding  meeting  of  the  Faculty  the  names  of  such  members  of  the 
Faculty  as  have  not  complied  with  the  foregoing  resolutions. 

4.  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Faculty  is  hereby  instructed  to  mail  a 
printed  copy  of  these  resolutions  to  each  member  of  the  Faculty. 

Fac.  C,  page  188.     Oct.  22,  1886. 

Resolved,  That  hereafter  all  reports  of  examinations  made  to  the 
Registrar  shall  be  in  writing  and  on  the  official  blanks  provided  there- 
for. 


V. 

Fac.  A,  page  282.     May  //,  1872. 

Voted,  That  when  the  report  of  any  examination  has  been  once 
made  to  the  registrar,  no  change  shall  be  made  in  it  except  by  consent 
of  the  Faculty  or  some  committee  acting  for  the  Faculty. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

COEDUCATION. 

Fac.  A,  page  266.     March  22,  1872. 

A  communication  was  received  from  the  Assistant  Treasurer  stating 
that  the  Executive  Committee  had  passed  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  women  be  admitted  to  the  University  upon  the  same 
terms  as  men. 

DRII,!,. 

Fac.  A,  page  279.     May  8,  1872. 

The  following  resolutions  reported  from  the  Military  Committee 
were  passed  : 

Resolved,  That  students  coming  under  the  heads  named  below  be 
excused  from  drill  and  military  duty  by  the  Military  Committee,  when 
application  is  made  to  them,  and  they  on  examination  into  the  case 
are  satisfied  that  the  applicant  for  excuse  belongs  to  either  of  the 
classes,  namely  : 

1.  Persons  who  are  physically  disabled  ; 

2.  Persons  who  have  conscientious  scruples  ; 

3.  Aliens,  subject  to  foreign  governments  ; 

4.  Persons  who  have  been  in  the  U.  S.  service  ; 

5.  Students  in  the  labor  corps,  who  need  the  time  for  their  labor  ; 

6.  Students  who  have  had  drill  and  military  instruction  elsewhere, — 
to  the  extent  to  which  they  have  had  such  instruction  ; 

7.  Students  in  the  Senior  class,  who  are  not  needed  as  officers,  on 
condition  of  their  studying  and  passing  examination  in  tactics. 

ATHLETICS. 
Fac.  C,  page  227.     May  20,  1887. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  while  we  are  willing  and  anxious  to  do  everything  in 
our  power  to  encourage  the  students  of  this  University  in  their  lauda- 
ble efforts  to  distinguish  themselves  in  all  proper  physical  contests, 
nevertheless  we  regard  it  as  essential  to  our  success  as  an  educational 
institution  that  the  time  consumed  should  not  be  too  great,  and  that 
so  far  as  possible  such  contests  when  not  occurring  in  Ithaca  should 
be  held  on  the  last  day  of  the  week. 


VI. 

Resolved,  That  the  President  and  Dean  be  requested  to  grant  leave 
of  absence  to  attend  physical  contests  or  field  sports  only  to  such  as 
are  duly  certified  as  contestants. 

DISCIPLINE. 

Fac.  C,  page  196.    Jan.  7,  1887. 

Resolved,  That  all  cases  of  dropped  students  asking  to  be  reinstated 
be  referred  back  to  the  committee  on  doubtful  cases  with  power. 

Fac.  A,  page  160.    Nov.  18,  1870. 

Moved,  That  when  a  vote  is  passed  by  the  Faculty  whereby  any 
punishment  is  inflicted  upon  a  student,  when  said  punishment  makes 
it  necessary  for  the  student  to  leave  the  University,  the  Secretary  of  the 
Faculty  shall  send  a  notice  of  the  same  to  the  Business  Manager  of  the 
University  ;  and  that  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary to  send  a  notice  of  the  action  of  the  Faculty  to  the  parents  or 
guardian  of  the  student  concerned,  as  soon  as  practicable,  provided 
that  no  other  provision  be  made  for  their  notification  in  the  measure 
itself.  Passed. 

Fac.  B,  page  326.     March  i,  1878. 

Voted,  That  whenever  a  student  is  suspended  from  the  Univeisity 
or  when  any  application  of  a  student  for  readmission  to  the  University 
is  rejected,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to  notify  the  parents 
or  guardian  of  such  student  of  the  action  of  the  Faculty. 

Fac.  A,  page  755.     Nov.  4,  1870. 

Moved  that  in  case  of  dismissal  from  the  University,  dismissal  be  of 
two  classes  :  honorable  dismissal  and  simple  dismissal. 

Fac.  B,  page  419.     March  5,  1880. 

A  motion  to  the  effect  that  smoking  be  prohibited  in  the  halls  and 
public  rooms  and  around  the  doors  of  the  University  buildings  was 
laid  on  the  table. 

Voted,  That  the  Faculty  suggest  to  its  individual  members  to  speak 
to  students  in  regard  to  the  impropriety  of  smoking  in  the  halls  and 
public  rooms  of  the  University. 

SOCIETIES. 

Fac.  B,  page  24,  1873. 

The  following  resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted  : 
(i)  Resolved,  That  no  secret  society  shall  be  allowed  to  remain  or 
be  established  in  the  University,  which  shall  not  be  shown  to  the  sat- 
isfaction of  the  Faculty  to  be  favorable  to  scholarship,  good  order, 
and  morality,  and  to  be  free  from  all  initiatory  or  other  rites,  cere- 


VII. 

monies,  or  proceedings,  dangerous,  degrading,  or  unworthy  of  gentle- 
men and  members  of  an  institution  of  learning. 

(2)  Resolved,  That  no  student  be  allowed  to  become  or  to  remain 
a  member  of  any  society  publicly  condemned  by  the  Faculty  ;  and  no 
person  shall  receive  an  honorable  dismission  or  any  degree  who  shall 
not  at  the  time  of  applying  for  the  same  satisfy  the  Faculty  that  he 
has  not  violated  this  rule. 

(3)  Resolved,  That  no  association  of  students  for  the  mere  purpose 
of  initiation,  nor  mock  societies,  shall  be  allowed  in  this  University, 
and  that  any  student  who  shall  join  any  such  association  or  mock  so- 
ciety, knowing  it  to  be  such,  or  engage  in  any  of  its  initiation  proceed- 
ings, or  in  any  proceedings  of  the  nature  of  mock  initiations  shall  be 
suspended  or  expelled  from  the  University. 

(4)  Resolved,  That  nothing  contained  in  these  resolutions  shall  be 
held  to  restrict  the  Faculty  from  further  action  regarding  college  so- 
cieties, should  the  present  action  be  found  ineffectual. 

SCHOLARSHIPS. 

Fac.  C,  page  289.     Feb.  2,  1888. 

The  question  having  been  raised,  the  chair  ruled  that  a  student  sus- 
pended from  the  University  did  not  forfeit  his  scholarship,  in  case  he 
held  one,  unless  definite  action  to  that  effect  was  taken  by  the  Faculty. 

CERTIFICATES. 

Fac.  C,  page  244.    Sept.  30,  1887. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  : 

Diplomas  and  certificates  of  all  kinds  must  be  presented  at  or  before 
the  time  for  examination  for  admission  to  the  University,  in  order  to 
be  accepted  in  lieu  of  requirements  either  for  entrance,  or  for  work 
toward  graduation. 

TECHNICAL  STUDIES. 

Fac.  C,  page  59.     Oct.  j,  1884. 

Resolved,  That  students  not  registered  in  technical  courses  may  be 
admitted  to  studies  in  such  courses  only  by  consent  of  the  professor  in 
charge  of  the  department  affected,  or  by  vote  of  the  General  Faculty. 
The  head  of  the  department  shall  have  power  to  prescribe  the  order 
and  method  of  studies  of  those  who  are  thus  admitted. 

COURSE   IN   ARTS. 

Fac.  B,  page  26.     Feb.  29,  1884. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  : 

That  the  course  in  Arts  is  regarded  by  this  Faculty  as  a  distinctly 
classical  course,  and  Greek  as  its  characteristic  study  ;  and  in  view  of 


VIII. 

the  other  degrees  conferred  by  the  University  it  is  assumed  that  students 
offering  themselves  as  candidates  for  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts 
have  thereby  expressed  a  preference  for  classical  studies  and  especially 
for  the  study  of  Greek. 

DEGREES. 
Fac.  A,  page  204.    June  p,  1871. 

The  committee  upon  the  gradation  of  degrees  reported  : 
That  they  do  not  deem  it  expedient  to  make  any  distinction  of  the 
kind,  as  such  grading  would  involve  the  evil  of  the  prize  system,  viz., 
that  of  encouraging  cramming  rather  than  honest  work  for  the  love 
of  it. 

Fac  B,  page  174.    June  //,  1875. 

Resolved,  That  the  Faculty  do  not  recommend  any  diploma  to  be 
antedated. 

AI,UMNI. 
Fac.  C,  page  j/j.     May  n,  1888. 

The  committee  appointed  to  prepare  a  recommendation  to  the 
Board  of  Trustees  as  to  who  should  be  considered  Alumni  of  the  Uni- 
versity, presented  the  following  report,  which  was  accepted  and 
adopted  : 

WHEREAS,  The  charter  of  this  University  confers  upon  the  authori- 
ties of  the  institution  the  power  of  defining  the  meaning  of  the  word 
"alumnus"  so  far  as  the  term  may  authorize  the  right  to  vote  for  a 
Trustee  of  the  University  ;  and 

WHEREAS,  The  term  alumnus  has  never  been  authoritatively 
defined ;  and 

WHEREAS,  The  establishment  of  new  schools  in  the  University  is 
likely  to  raise  the  question  as  to  the  right  of  graduates  of  such  schools 
to  vote  for  the  Trustees  ;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  Faculty  recommend  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  the 
adoption  of  a  rule  conferring  the  right  to  vote  for  Trustees  upon  the 
following  classes  of  persons  : 

1.  All  persons  who  have  taken  a  degree  at  the  University  for  which 
the  regularly  prescribed  course  of  study  is  at  least  four  years  in  length. 

2.  All  persons  who  have  taken  a  second  degree  in  the  University 
after  having  taken  a  baccalaureate  degree  requiring  at  least  four  years 
of  study  in  another  institution. 


GENERAL  LEGISLATION   OF  THE   FACULTY 

AND    EXTRACTS    FROM    THE 

FACULTY  RECORDS. 


OCT.  IST,  1890 — DEC.  i2TH,  1890. 


STANDING  COMMITTEES  OF  THE   FACULTY,   1890-91. 

Admission  on  Certificate. — The  Dean,  Professors  Wilder,  Wait, 
Wheeler,  Hart.  [Records  C,  165-166,  296,  309]. 

Graduate  Work  and  Advanced  Degrees. — Professor  Hewett,  the 
Dean,  Professors  Fuertes,  Thurston,  Wait,  Hale,  Tyler.  Professor 
Tyler  resigned  from  the  Committee  October  iyth,  and  Professor  Tut- 
tle  was  chosen  to  fill  the  vacancy.  [Records  C,  181,  186,  198,  245, 
251,  496]. 

Doubtful  Cases. — The  Dean,  Professors  Babcock,  Fuertes,  Crane, 
Thurston,  Hale,  Hitchcock,  Jones,  Gage.  [Records  A,  267  ;  B,  32, 
46]. 

Advanced  Standing. — The  Dean,  Professors  Caldwell,  Fuertes, 
Thurston,  Crane,  Oliver,  S.  G.  Williams,  Schurman,  Bristol.  [Rec- 
ords C,  208-209]. 

Changes  in  Registration — Including  Extra  and  Deficient  Hours. 
— The  Dean,  the  Secretary,  and  the  heads  of  the  departments  con- 
cerned. [Records  C,  195,  271,  443]. 

Register  and  Announcement  of  Courses. — The  President,  the 
Dean,  the  Registrar. 

Scholarships. — Professors  H.  S.  Williams,  Wilder,  Hewett,  Jones, 
Bristol.  [Records  C,  225]. 

Records  of  Candidates  for  Graduation. — The  Dean,  Professors 
Caldwell,  Fuertes,  Tuttle,  Wait,  Thurston,  Schurman,  Wheeler. 
[Records  C,  145,  174,  229,  267]. 

Military  and  Gymnasium  Committee. — The  Dean,  the  Comman- 
dant, and  the  Professor  of  Physical  Culture,  ex-ojficio.  [Records  C, 
302,  321]. 

Athletics. — Professors  Hitchcock,  White,  Wheeler,  Kemp.  [Rec- 
ords C,  437]. 


TEACHERS'  CERTIFICATES. 
Records  C,  p.  514. 

Iii  the  case  of  students  •  desiring  teachers'  certificates,  or  mention 
in  diplomas  of  work  done  during  the  Junior  and  Senior  years,  the 
following  clause  is  to  be  added  to  the  rules  on  pages  65  and  121  of 
the  Register  for  1890-1891,  viz.  : 

The  applicant  is  to  take  an  average  of  at  least  five  hours  of  work 
throughout  the  two  years,  and  in  no  term  is  to  fall  below  four  hours. 
The  word  "  continuously,"  on  page  121,  is  to  be  omitted. 

THANKSGIVING   RECESS. 

Records  C,  p.  514. 

The  action  of  the  Faculty  of  November  22,  1889,  (Records  C,  p.  463), 
regarding  the  Thanksgiving  Recess,  is  adopted  as  the  permanent 
policy  of  the  Faculty.  The  days  thus  set  apart  for  the  recess  are  to 
be  designated  in  the  University  Calendar  as  printed  in  the  Register. 

REGULATIONS   FOR  THE   MASTER'S  DEGREE. 

Records  C,  p.  5/5. 

The  rule  for  examinations  for  the  Master's  Degrees  is  so  amended 
as  to  reqnire  such  candidates  to  present  one  major  and  one  minor 
subject. 

CREDIT  FOR  WORK  DONE  IN  THE  SCHOOL,  OF  LAW  BY  STUDENTS 
IN  OTHER  DEPARTMENTS  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY,  AND  FOR  WORK 
DONE  IN  OTHER  DEPARTMENTS  BY  STUDENTS  IN  THE  SCHOOL 
OF  LAW. 

Records  C,  pp.  5/9,  520. 

As  a  result  of  the  conference  with  the  Faculty  of  the  Law  School, 
voted  that  the  action  of  the  Faculty  taken  Feb.  21,  1890,  (Records  C, 
P-  475) >  be  amended  as  follows  : 

I.  Undergraduates  in  any  other  department  of  the  University  shall 
not  be  permitted  to  receive  credit  for  studies  in  the  Law  School  ex- 
cept by  recommendation  of  the  General  Faculty,  and  the  permission 
of  the  Law  Faculty,  to  be  obtained  from  term  to  term. 

II.  Students  in  the  Law  School  shall  not  be  permitted  to  receive 
credit  for  studies  in  any  other  department  of  the  University,  except 
in  the  School  of  History  and  Political  Science,   without  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  Faculty  of  Law  and  the  permission  of  the  General 
Faculty,  to  be  obtained  from  term  to  term. 


COMMUNICATION  FROM  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES — TUITION  OF 
STUDENTS  OF  AGRICULTURE — METHOD  OF  ELECTION  OF  PRO- 
FESSORS. 

Records  C,  p.  521,  a. 

Resolutipns  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  at  their  meeting, 
October  22d,  1890 : 

Resolved,  That  upon  the  completion  of  the  new  Agricultural  Build- 
ing, the  existing  provision  with  reference  to  the  admission  of  Agri- 
cultural students  free  from  tuition,  beyond  the  State  Scholarships, 
be  and  is  hereby  rescinded. 

Resolved,  That  whenever  any  full  professorship  is  to  be  filled,  the 
President  of  the  University  shall,  upon  request  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees, or  of  the  Executive  Committee,  seek  diligently  and  to  the  best 
of  his  ability,  and  bearing  in  mind  the  provision  of  the  fundamental 
charter  of  this  University,  which  forbids  him  to  take  cognizance  of 
any  political  or  religious  views  which  any  candidate  may  or  may  not 
hold,  shall  nominate  to  the  Senate  the  person  whom  he  shall  con- 
sider most  worthy  to  occupy  the  vacancy  to  be  filled.  Thereupon 
the  Senate,  after  proper  deliberation,  shall  vote  by  ballot  yea  or  nay 
upon  the  recommendation,  and  their  action,  with  any  reasons  for  it 
which  the  Senate  may  see  fit  to  submit,  shall  be  certified  to  the  Board 
of  Trustees,  who  shall  then  confirm  or  reject  such  nomination. 

Said  confirmation  or  rejection  to  be  by  ballot,  said  ballot  to  be 
not  by  a  single  open  vote  to  be  cast  by  any  one  person,  but  by  the 
ballots  of  all  present  and  voting. 

DEGREES  OF   "MASTER   OF  PHILOSOPHY,"  AND  OF  "MASTER  OF 

LETTERS. ' ' 

Records  C. ,  p.  525. 

The  Committee  on  Graduate  Work  and  Advanced  Degrees  recom- 
mend the  establishment  of  the  degrees  of  Master  of  Philosophy,  and 
Master  of  Letters,  to  be  conferred  upon  Bachelors  of  Philosophy  and 
of  Letters,  on  terms  similar  to  those  which  the  degrees  of  Master 
of  Arts,  and  Master  of  Science  are  now  conferred.  The  report  of  the 
Committee  was  adopted. 

REGULATIONS   CONCERNING  THESES. 

Records  C.,p.  526.     See  also  Records  C.,  p.  488. 

I.  The  Registrar  shall  submit  to  the  Faculty  before  the  balloting 
for  degrees,  a  list  of  all  theses  which  have  been  handed  to  him  under 
the  regulations  of  the  Faculty,  and  the  Registrar  shall  be  made  re- 
sponsible for  the  deposit  of  said  theses  in  the  University  Library. 

II.  A  standard  form  and  size  for  theses  is  adopted,  said  size  to  be 
eight  by  ten  and  one-half  inches. 


III.  The  diploma  for  the  Doctor's  degree  shall  be  withheld  until 
the  required  number  of  printed  copies  of  the  thesis  is  deposited  in 
the  University  Library. 

IV.  After  the  theses  have  been  received  at  the  Library,  they  shall 
be  permitted  to  circulate,  subject  to  such   regulations  as  may  be  in 
force  concerning  printed  works. 

V.  In  the  regulations  touching  the  graduation  thesis,  given  on  page 
153  of  the  Register,  it  shall  be  stated  that  the  copy  of  the  thesis  pre- 
sented to  the  Faculty,  shall,  if  accepted,  become  the  property  of  the 
University. 

EXEMPTION   FROM   DRILL  OF  STUDENTS  WHO  WORK  FOR  THEIR 

SUPPORT. 

Records  C. ,  pp.  526,  529. 

The  phrase  in  rule  28  for  the  guidance  of  students — "students 
obliged  to  work  for  their  support," — shall  be  construed  to  imply  that 
such  students,  in  order  to  be  entitled  to  exemption  from  drill,  are  to 
establish  the  fact  that  they  are  so  engaged  for  not  less  than  ten  hours 
per  week. 

THE   REGULATIONS   FOR   THE   DEGREE  OF   DOCTOR   OF  SCIENCE. 

Records  C. ,  p.  531. 

The  degree  of  Doctor  of  Science  is  conferred  upon  graduates  of 
this  University,  and  of  other  institutions  whose  course  of  study  for 
the  baccalaureate  degree  is  substantially  equivalent  to  the  courses  for 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science  in  this  University,  and  who  are 
prepared  to  pursue  advanced  work  in  Chemistry,  Physics,  Mathe- 
matics, or  Natural  History,  on  the  following  conditions  : 

I.  The  candidate  must  possess  a  knowledge  of  Latin  and  Greek 
at  least  equivalent  to  that  required  for  graduation  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Science  in  Natural  History. 

II.  He  must  spend  at  least  two  years  at  the  University  pursuing  a 
course  of  study  marked  out  by  the  Faculty  in  the  departments  of 
Chemistry,  Physics,  Mathematics,  or  Natural  History. 

III.  He  must  present  a  thesis  of  such  a  character  as  shall  display 
power  of  original  and  independent  investigation,  and  must  pass  the 
requisite  special  final  examinations. 

RULES   FOR   CANDIDACY   FOR   ADVANCED   DEGREES  AND   FOR  GRAD- 
UATE STUDY. 

Records  C,  p.  533. 

Graduates  in  the  several  courses  of  this  University,  or  of  institu- 
tions offering  courses  substantially  equivalent,  will,  upon  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  Committee  on  Graduate  Work,  be  admitted  to 


graduate  study,  and  may  also,  on  recommendation  of  the  same  com- 
mittee, be  admitted  to  candidacy  for  an  advanced  degree  in  any  de- 
partment in  which  they  are  prepared  to  enter  upon  advanced  work, 
subject,  however,  to  the  following  condition  :  In  case  the  require- 
ments of  the  course  in  which  the  applicant  has  been  graduated  are 
essentially  different  from  those  demanded  in  this  University  for  the 
first  degree  corresponding  to  that  for  which  he  applies,  he  will  be 
obliged  to  make  up  such  deficiencies  before  being  admitted  to  his 
final  examination. 

COMMUNICATION    FROM     THE     EXECUTIVE    COMMITTEE. — THE    UNI- 
VERSITY SENATE. 

Records  C,  p.  535,  a. 

I.  The  University  Senate  shall  consist  of  the  President  of  the  Uni- 
versity, and  all  the  full  Professors. 

II.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Senate  to  counsel  and  advise  in  re- 
gard to  all  nominations  for  professorships  ;  to  consider  and  make 
recommendations  in  regard  to  such  courses  of  study  as  may  pertain 
to  more  than  one  faculty  of  the  University  ;  and,  in  general,  to  con- 
sider and  make  recommendations  upon  any  question  of  University 
policy  that  may  be  submitted  to  this  body  by  the  Trustees,  or  the 
President,  or  either  of  the  faculties. 

III.  The  meetings  of  the  Senate  may  be  called  by  the  President, 
or  by  the  Secretary  upon  the  written  application  of  any  five  mem- 
bers ;  and  at  such  meetings  the  President,  or  in  his  absence  the  Dean 
of  the  General  Faculty,  shall  preside.     The  Senate  shall  have  a  Sec- 
retary, whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  keep  a  record  of  proceedings,  and 
to  call  all  meetings  under  the  direction  of  the  proper  authority. 


GENERAL  LEGISLATION  OF  THE  FACULTY 

AND  EXTRACTS   FROM   THE 

FACULTY   RECORDS. 


JAN.  QTH, — MARCH  ISTH,   1891. 


ALIENS   AND    MILITARY   SCIENCE. 

Records  C,  p.  539. 
Aliens  shall  take  Military  Science  or  offer  a  substitute  therefor. 

REPORTS   OF  STANDING  TO    BE   MADE   EACH    TERM. 

Records  C,  p.  539. 

Resolved,  that  in  each  subject  the  standing  of  every  student  shall 
be  reported  term  by  term,  unless  the  Faculty  authorize  the  deferring 
of  such  report. 

[Compare  cognate  resolutions  on  this  subject.      Records  C,  p.  41.] 

ASTHENIC   CLASS  IN   PHYSICAL  CULTURE. 

Records  C,  p.  54.0. 

The  committee  (appointed  under  a  resolution  of  Professor  Hitch- 
cock, on  Dec.  12,  1890,  Records  C,  p.  537,)  recommended  that  the 
rule  (requiring  work  of  Sophomores  and  Freshmen  in  the  Gymnasi- 
um) be  not  changed,  but  that  for  the  present  term  the  classes  be 
excused  from  exercise,  and  that  the  asthenic  class  be  required  ^to 
exercise  five  times  a  week  through  the  term.  Adopted. 

AMENDMENT  TO   RULES    FOR  THE  WOODFORD   PRIZE   COMPETITION. 

Records  C,  p.  542. 

The  following  substitute  for  Condition  I,  on  page  146  of  the 
Register,  was  adopted  :  Any  member  of  the  Senior  class  who  is  to 
receive  a  degree  at  the  coming  Commencement  may  be  a  competitor, 
provided  he  has  taken,  at  least,  one  course  of  instruction  in  Elocu- 
tion and  Oratory. 

STUDENTS   FAILING   IN    EXAMINATIONS. 

Records  C,  pp.  542,  540. 

Rule  15  for  the  guidance  of  students  was  amended  to  read  as  fol- 
lows : 

A  student  whose  term  examinations  show  that  his  average  pro- 
ficiency is  not  satisfactory,  will  be  considered  as  being  thereby 


suspended  from  the  University  ;  he  will  not  be  permitted  to  register 
again,  except  for  special  reasons,  until  the  following  year,  at  the  be- 
ginning of  the  term  corresponding  to  that  in  which  the  failure 
occurred,  and  in  a  subsequent  class.  If,  after  this,  he  again  falls 
out  of  his  classes,  he  will  be  readmitted  only  by  special  permission 
of  the  Faculty. 

LEAVING  TOWN    FOR  CLASS   BANQUETS. 

Records  C,  p.  543. 

Action  on  a  petition  of  the  classes  of  '93  and  '94.  "While  the 
Faculty  appreciates  the  good  spirit  shown  by  the  Sophomore  and 
Freshman  classes  in  their  communication  to  the  Faculty,  yet  in  its 
opinion  it  is  inexpedient  to  grant  requests  of  classes  to  leave  town 
for  the  purpose  of  holding  class  banquets." 

THE   COLUMBIAN    EXPOSITION. 

Records  Cy  p.  543. 

Resolved,  that  a  committee  of  three  professors  in  the  general 
courses,  and  an  equal  number  in  the  technical  courses,  be  appointed 
by  the  chair  for  the  purpose  of  making  such  provisional  study  and 
necessary  recommendations  as  they  may  deem  best  for  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  larger  committee  to  take  steps  to  represent  this  University 
in  a  proper  manner  at  the  Columbian  Exposition,  to  be  held  at 
Chicago  in  1893. 

Records  C,  p.  548. 

The  committee  on  Columbian  Exposition  made  a  preliminary  re- 
port, was  enlarged  to  nine  and  continued.  Voted  that  it  is  the 
sense  of  the  Faculty  that  the  University  should  be  represented  at 
the  Columbian  Exposition. 

PUBLICATION   OF  A  WEEKLY  BULLETIN. 

Records  C,  p,  546. 

Resolved,  that  the  President  be  requested  by  the  Faculty  to  ar- 
range for  the  issue  of  an  official  weekly  bulletin,  containing  an- 
nouncements for  the  week  succeeding  the  date  of  issue. 

RULES   FOR  STUDENTS   IN  THE  COURSES  IN   HISTORY,  LETTERS,  SCI- 
ENCE,   NATURAL   HISTORY. 

Records  C,  p.  548. 

The  rule  requiring  that  nine  hours  of  work  be  elected  continu- 
ously during  the  last  two  years  in  the  courses  in  History  and 
Political  Science,  Betters,  Science,  and  Natural  History,  (see  Regis- 
ter of  1890-1891,  pp.  122,  124,  125,)  is  construed  to  mean  nine  hours 
per  term,  with  not  less  than  seven  hours  in  any  one  term. 


GENERAL   LEGISLATION   OF   THE    FACULTY 

AND   EXTRACTS   FROM  THE 
FACULTY   RECORDS. 


OCT.  IST,  1891 — MAR.  IITH,  1892. 


STANDING  COMMITTEES  OF  THE   FACUI/TY,    1891-92. 

Admission  on  Certificate. — The  Dean,  Professors  Wilder,  Oliver, 
Wheeler,  Hart. 

Advanced  Standing.—  The  Dean,  the  Registrar,  Professors  Cald- 
well,  Fuertes,  Thurston,  Crane,  Wait,  S.  G.  Williams,  Schurman, 
Jenks. 

Graduate  Work  and  Advanced  Degrees. — Professor  Hewett,  the 
Dean,  Professors  Fuertes,  Thurston,  Wait,  Hale,  Tuttle,  L,aughlin. 

Doubtful  Cases. — The  Dean,  the  Registrar,  Professors  Babcock, 
Fuertes,  Crane,  Thurston,  Hitchcock,  Newbury,  Jones,  Gage. 

Changes  in  Registration — Including  Extra  and  Deficient  Hours. 
— The  Dean,  the  Secretary,  and  the  heads  of  the  departments  con- 
cerned. 

Register  and  Announcement  of  Courses. — The  President,  the 
Dean,  the  Registrar. 

Scholarships.— Professors  H.  S.  Williams,  Wilder,  Crane,  Hewett, 
Wait,  Wheeler,  Newbury. 

Records  of  Candidates  for  Graduation. — The  Dean,  the  Regis- 
trar, Professors  Caldwell,  Fuertes,  Tuttle,  Wait,  Thurston,  Schur- 
man, Wheeler. 

Military  and  Gymnasium  Committee. — The  Dean,  the  Comman- 
dant, and  the  Professor  of  Physical  Culture,  ex  officio. 

Athletics. — Professor  Hitchcock,  the  Commandant  ex  officio, 
Professors  White,  Wheeler,  Dennis. 

Assignment  of  Freshmen. — Professor  Jones. 

Excusing  Labor  Students. — Professors  Comstock,  Gage,  Burr. 
[Records  D,  24.] 

Discipline.  —The  President,  Professors  Babcock,  Roberts,  Wheeler, 
White.  [Records  D,  40,  43.] 


—  io 


RULES  CONCERNING  UNIVERSITY  SCHOLARSHIPS. 

Records  D,  p.  18. 

Voted  concerning  rule  4  in  the  regulations  for  University  Scholar- 
ships, that  the  word  "  conditions  "  used  therein  shall  be  considered 
to  mean  only  such  conditions  as  apply  to  the  course  of  study  in 
which  the  applicant  is  registered. 

REGISTRATION     DAYS. 

Records  D,  p.  21. 

Resolved,  That  hereafter  at  the  beginning  of  the  year  two  days 
may  be  taken  for  the  registration  of  new  students: 
i;i 

COMMITTEE  ON   ADMISSION   BY  CERTIFICATE. 

Records  D,  p.  30. 

Voted,  that  the  Registrar  be  made  ex  officio  secretary  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Admission  by  Certificate.  .•-.  i  >.  >  rv  >. 

1,!  ,  ..     , 

EXCUSES  FOR  LABORING  STUDENTS. 

Records  D,  p.  30. 

Voted,  that  all  petitions  for  excuse  front  drill,  except  those  based 
on  the  ground  that  the  petitioner  is  a  laboring  student,  be  referred 
to  the  Committee  on  Military  Affairs  ;  also,  that  the  petitions  of  la- 
boring students  to  be  excused  from  work  in  the  Gymnasium  in  the 
winter  term  be  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Excusing  Laboring 
Students  from  Military  Drill. 

ENTRANCE  EXAMINATIONS  OUTSIDE   ITHACA. 

Records  D,  p.  32. 

Resolved,  That  the  Faculty  deems  it  unadvisable,  at  present,  to 
hold  entrance  examinations  outside  of  Ithaca,  inasmuch  as  the  sysT 
tern  of  admission  by  certificate  would  seem  to  render  such  examina- 
tions unnecessary.  :,  ,       A 
PASSING  UP  ENGLISH. 

Records  D, p.  36. 

Resolved,  That  the  privilege  of  passing  up  Freshman  or  Sopho- 
more English  be  restricted  to  students  admitted  to  advanced  stand- 
ing, to  graduates  of  State  Normal  Schools,  and  to  special  students. 

STANDING  COMMITTEE  ON  DISCIPLINE. 

Records  D,  p.  39. 

There  shall  be  a  standing  committee  on  discipline  ;  the  President 
to  be  ex  officio  a  member  and  chairman,  and  to  appoint  the  other 


—  II  — 

members.  Charges  against  a  student  must  be  presented  in  writing 
to  the  President,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  submit  each  case  to  the 
committee.  The  President  shall  have  the  power  to  summon  the  ac- 
cused and  the  party  presenting  the  charges  to  appear  before  the. com- 
mittee, with  such  witnesses  as  they  ma)7  choose  to  bring.  The  Pres- 
ident shall  also  notify  the  accused,  that  he  may  request  any  officer  of 
instruction  in  the  University  to  act  as  his  adviser  before  the  commit- 
tee. If  any  member  of  the  committee  is  selected,  or  any  charges  are 
presented  by  a  member  of  the  committee,  the  said  member  shall  retire 
from  the  committee  for  the  time  being,  and  his  place  shall  be  filled  by 
some  member  of  the  Faculty  appointed  by  the  President.  The  com- 
mittee shall  consider  each  case  brought  before  it,  take  such  evidence 
as  can  be  had,  decide  by  ballot  its  conclusion  as  to  the  guilt  or  inno- 
cence of  the  accused,  and  report  to  the  Faculty  with  recommenda- 
tions as  to  the  penalty,  if  any,  which,  in  its  judgment,  ought  to  be  in- 
flicted. In  case  the  committee  find  the  accused  party  to  be  guilty, 
the  chairman  shall  notify  him  of  the  fact  that  he  has  the  right  of 
appeal  to  the  Faculty. 

DEATH  OF  PROFESSOR  SHACKFORD. 

Records  D,  p.  41. 

Resolved,  That  the  Faculty  of  Cornell  University  has  heard  with 
profound  sorrow  of  the  death  of  Charles  Chauncy  Shack  ford,  a 
scholar,  colleague,  and  gentleman,  loved  and  respected  by  all  who 
knew  him.  With  his  death  this  Faculty  drops  from  its  roll  a  name 
endeared  to  many  of  its  present  members  during  a  long  acquaintance, 
in  which  his  ripe  scholarship  and  his  many  virtues  were  fully  appre- 
ciated by  his  numerous  friends,  colleagues,  and  pupils.  His  probity, 
ability,  industry,  affable  character,  and  purity  of  life  will  be  long  re- 
membered at  this  Institution,  as  one  of  the  forces  which  helped  to 
lay  the  foundations  upon  which  this  University  has  been  built,  and 
for  the  success  of  which  he  contributed  a  noble  share  with  loyal  de- 
votion and  untiring  effort.  This  Faculty  is  pleased  to  see  that  the 
portrait  of  this  distinguished  man  of  letters  presented  by  his  stu- 
dents to  the  University  realizes  their  expressed  wishes,  "that  the 
presence  of  Professor  Shack  ford  in  our  Library  among  the  worthies 
of  Cornell  should  serve  as  an  inspiration  to  the  labors  of  succeeding 
generations  of  young  men." 

Resolved,  That  we  tender  to  the  widow  and  surviving  familv  of 
Professor  Shackford  our  sincere  sympathy. 

Resolved,  That  these  resolutions  be  spread  on  the  book  of  records 
of  this  Faculty,  given  to  the  press  for  publication,  and  a  copy  of 
them  attested  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Faculty  be  delivered  to  the 
family  of  our  departed  colleague. 


—  12  — 
LATIN   FOR  ADMISSION  TO  COURSES   IN   BETTERS   AND    IN   SCIENCE. 

Records  D,p.  43. 

The  following  resolution  was  offered  on  January  15th,  1892  : 
Resolved,  That  Latin  be  required  for  entrance  to  the  courses  in 

Letters  and  in  Science. 
The  consideration  of  this  resolution  was  made  the  special  order 

for  the  next  meeting. 

DIPLOMAS   FOR  DOCTOR'S  DEGREES. 

Records  D,  p.  44. 

Resolved,  That  the  diplomas  of  the  doctors'  degrees  include  a 
clause  designating  the  chief  lines  of  work  pursued  in  the  candidacy 
for  the  degree. 

LATIN   FOR   ADMISSION  TO  COURSES  IN    LETTERS  AND   IN  SCIENCE. 

Records  D,  p.  45. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  resolution  concerning 
changed  requirements  for  admission  to  the  courses  in  Letters 
and  in  Science,  reported  as  a  substitute  therefor  the  following  reso- 
lutions : 

I.  That  for  admission  to  the  course  in  Science,  an  equivalent 
amount  of  Latin  be  made  a  fourth  subject  with  German,  French, 
and  advanced  mathematics.  Two  of  these  subjects  shall  be  re- 
quired for  admission  to  the  course,  with  th6  proviso  that  the  full 
amount  of  modern  languages  and  advanced  mathematics  required 
for  graduation  in  the  course  be  satisfied. 

This  resolution  was  adopted. 

II.  That  in  and  after ,  the  requirements  for  admission  to  the 

course  in  Letters  be  the  same  as  those  for  admission  to  the  course  in 
Philosophy,  omitting  the  requirements  in  Greek  and  Roman  History. 

This  resolution  was  taken  up  and  considered  at  length  at  the 
meeting  of  February  5th,  1892,  and  upon  a  vote  then  taken  failed  of 
adoption. 

EXAMINATIONS   FOR  STATE  SCHOLARSHIPS. 

Records  D,  p.  47. 

At  the  meeting  of  February  igth,  1892,  the  President  made  the 
following  statement  to  the  Faculty  : 

"  I  have  addressed  the  following  communication  to  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction  concerning  the  examinations  for  State 
Scholarships  :  '  After  the  examination  in  June,  1892,  and  until  fur- 
ther notice,  the  examinations  for  State  Scholarships  in  Cornell  Uni- 
versity will  be  in  the  following  subjects  :  (i)  English  ;  (2)  Arithme- 
tic ;  (3)  Algebra  ;  (4)  Plane  Geometry  ;  and  (5)  either  Latin,  French, 
or  German,  at  the  option  of  the  student. ' 


-13- 

By  this  requirement  it  will  be  seen  that  after  the  present  year 
geography,  American  history,  and  physiology  are  not  to  be  required 
at  the  State  Scholarship  examination.  Examination  in  these  sub- 
jects, however  will  be  required  at  the  University  as  heretofore,  ex- 
cept in  case  of  admission  by  certificate  covering  these  subjects." 

COMMENCEMENT  REPRESENTATION   OF  SCHOOL   OF  LAW. 

Records  Dt  p.  52. 

Resolved,  That  each  year  a  committee  from  the  Faculty  of  the 
School  of  Ivaw,  of  which  committee  the  head  of  the  department  of 
Elocution  and  Oratory  shall  be  a  member,  select  for  Commencement 
speakers  no  more  than  two  seniors  in  the  School  of  L/aw  ;  their  ora- 
tions not  to  exceed  seven  hundred  and  fifty  words  in  length.  Fur- 
ther, that  in  view  of  the  admission  of  two  speakers  from  the  School 
of  L/aw  to  the  Commencement  stage,  it  be  voted  that  the  rules  as  to 
Commencement  speakers  on  page  171  of  the  Register  be  amended 
by  the  substitution  in  rule  three  of  the  word  "seven  "  for  "  nine." 

COMMITTEE   ON   GRADUATE  STUDENTS. 

Records  D,p.  53. 

Resolved,  That  the  admission  and  regulation  of  graduate  students 
be  entrusted  to  a  standing  committee  of  seven  members  of  which 
the  Dean  shall  be  ex  officio  chairman. 

SUMMER   COURSES   OF  STUDY. 

Records  D,  p.  52. 
The  following  petition  was  read  to  the  Faculty  : 

To  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 

Board  of  Trustees  of  Cornell  University : 

GENTLEMEN — The  undersigned,  professors  and  instructors  in  Cor- 
nell University,  respectfully  ask  leave  to  use  certain  rooms  and  appa- 
ratus of  the  University  during  a  part  of  the  coming  summer,  for  the 
purpose  of  giving  instruction  in  the  following  subjects  : 

Mathematics, 

Chemistry , 

Philosophy, 

The  English,  French,  and  German  languages, 

Botany, 

Physical  Culture, 

Classical  Archaeology. 

Your  petitioners  ask  to  have  these  courses  announced  in  the  name 
of  the  University,  and  to  give  them  under  the  general  direction  of 
the  heads  of  the  departments  concerned,  and  subject  to  such  regula- 
tions and  restrictions  as  you  may  impose. 


-  14- 

In  particular  they  wish  to  be  held  personally  responsible  for  the 
use  and  care  of  University  property,  to  pay  the  cost  of  the  announce- 
ments, and  to  bear  all  other  expenses  that  may  occur  ;  and  they  sug- 
gest, as  a  matter  alike  of  security  to  the  University  and  of  conve- 
nience to  themselves,  that  all  tuition  and  laboratory  fees  be  paid  to 
the  treasurer  of  the  University. 

Without  excluding  other  pupils,  these  courses  are  offered  for  the 
special  benefit  of  teachers  in  the  schools  from  which  this  University 
draws  its  patronage  ;  and  it  is  believed  that,  by  reason  of  the  more 
intimate  relations  so  formed  with  the  schools,  and  of  the  broader 
knowledge  and  better  methods  of  instruction  the  teachers  will  ac- 
quire, the  pupils  of  these  schools  will  come  here  better  prepared  for 
their  University  work,  and  so  a  material  advantage  will  result  to  the 
University. 

It  is  a  practical  scheme  of  University  Extension,  by  which  the 
teachers  themselves  will  be  taught  under  University  instructors,  by 
University  methods,  with  access  to  University  libraries,  museums, 
and  laboratories,  and  that  at  the  only  time  in  the  year  when  they 
are  free  from  other  pressing  engagements.  It  follows  the  general 
plan  so  successful  at  Harvard. 

The  city  of  Ithaca  is  a  pleasant  place  of  residence,  the  cost  of  liv- 
ing in  the  summer  is  small,  and  your  petitioners  believe  that,  when 
this  scheme  of  instruction  is  well  established  and  has  become  widely 
known,  a  very  considerable  body  of  teachers  will  gather  here  every 
year ;  and  they  are  assured  by  heads  of  important  departments  that, 
when  this  body  has  once  gathered,  they  will  themselves  be  glad  to 
join  in  the  work  of  instruction. 

GEO.  W.  JONES,  Assistant  Professor  of  Mathematics, 

W.  R.  ORNDORFF,  Assistant  Professor  of  Chemistry, 

O.  F.  EMERSON,  Assistant  Professor  of  Rhet.  and  Eng.  Phil.. 

J.  E.  CREIGHTON,  Instructor  in  Sage  School  of  Phil., 

C.  VON  KXENZE,  Instructor  in  German, 

W.  W.  Rowi<EE,  Instructor  in  Botany, 

E.  HITCHCOCK,  JR.,  Professor  of  Phys.  Cult,  and  Hygiene, 

ALFRED  EMERSON,  Associate  Professor  of  Class.  Archaeology. 

The  Faculty  then 

Resolved,  That  the  communication  be  submitted  to  the  Executive 
Committee  with  the  approval  of  the  Faculty  (with  the  exception  of 
the  clause  running  "your  petitioners  ask  to  have  these  courses  an- 
nounced in  the  name  of  the  University,  and  to  give  them  under  the 
general  direction  of  the  heads  of  departments  concerned"),  provided 
that  the  plan  be  regarded,  for  the  present,  as  an  experiment  and 
that  the  studies  thus  conducted  be  not  treated  as  part  of  any  regular 
University  work. 


GENERAL  LEGISLATION   OF  THE   FACULTY 

AND   EXTRACTS   FROM   THE 

FACULTY  RECORDS. 


APRIL  STH,   1892 — MARCH  30,   1893. 


FRAUD   CONCERNING  WOODFORD   ORATION,    1891. 

Records  D,  p.  54. 

The  Special  Committee  of  Investigation  reported  that  had  they  been 
acquainted  with  the  other  oration  on  the  same  subject  by  a  Mr.  Nailer, 
at  the  time  of  selecting  orations  for  the  contest,  they  would  have  been 
sufficiently  assured  of  the  plagiarism  on  the  part  of  Mr.  Farber  to 
throw  out  his  oration.  That,  having  carefully  compared  the  two  ora- 
tions after  the  charge  of  plagiarism  had  been  made  in  our  college  pa- 
pers, they  were  all  assured  that  said  charge  was  well  founded  ;  the 
identity  in  the  whole  tenor  of  thought  and  in  much  of  the  expression, 
leaving  no  doubt  in  their  minds  as  to  plagiarism.  That  Mr.  Farber's 
letters  addressed  to  President  Adams  and  to  Professor  Smith  do  not,  in 
their  opinion,  serve  to  exculpate  him  nor  even  to  extenuate  his 
offence — he  even  admitting  that  he  had  memorized  and  spoken  the 
other  oration  as  a  preparation  for  the  writing  of  his  own.  That  under 
these  circumstances  they  recommend  to  the  Faculty  that  Mr.  Farber 
be  asked  to  return  the  prize  medal. 

The  report  was  adopted  and  the  President  authorized  to  make  pub- 
lic the  action  of  the  Faculty. 

EXTENSION   OF  TIME  ON  THESES. 

Records  Z>,  p.  57. 

It  was  voted  that  extension  of  time  on  Theses,  involving  laboratory 
or  experimental  work,  may  be  granted  by  the  heads  of  the  depart- 
ments concerned. 

PASSING  ENTRANCE  REQUIREMENTS. 

Records  D,  p.  59. 

Students  may  be  allowed  to  pass  up  subjects  included  among  the 
entrance  requirements,  at  the  discretion  of  the  heads  of  departments 
concerned. 


—  i6  — 

« 

MENTION   OF  THESES. 

Records  D,  p.  59. 

In  the  Commencement  programme,  special  mention  of  thesis  titles 
as  heretofore  made  shall  be  omitted,  but  against  the  name  of  each 
member  of  the  graduating  class  the  title  of  the  thesis  shall  be  given. 


CHANGE   IN   ENTRANCE 

Records  D,  p.  61. 

The  subjects  of  Sallust's  Catiline  and  Vergil's  Bclogues  shall  be  no 
longer  required  for  admission  to  the  courses  in  Arts  and  Philosophy. 

lyATlN   FOR   ADMISSION  TO  THE  COURSE  IN  BETTERS. 

Records  D,  p.  63. 

Voted  that  the  action  taken  Jan.  22,  1892,  with  reference  to  Latin  for 
admission  to  the  course  in  Science  (see  page  12  above),  be  extended  to 
the  course  in  Letters. 

Records  D,  p.  64. 

The  subject  of  Sallust's  Catiline  shall  be  no  longer  required  for  ad- 
mission to  the  course  in  Architecture. 

STUDENTS   FAILING  IN   EXAMINATIONS. 

Records  D,  p.  66. 

Rule  15  for  the  guidance  of  students  was  amended  to  read  as  fol- 
lows : 

A  student  whose  term  examinations  show  that  his  average  profi- 
ciency is  not  satisfactory,  may  be  temporarily  removed  from  attend- 
ance on  his  university  duties  ;  he  will  not  be  permitted  to  register 
again,  except  for  special  reasons,  until  the  following  year,  at  the  be- 
ginning of  the  term  corresponding  to  that  in  which  the  failure  oc- 
curred, and  in  a  subsequent  class.  If,  after  this,  he  again  falls  out  of 
his  classes,  he  will  be  readmitted  only  by  special  permission  of  the 
Faculty. 

CREDIT   FOR   WORK. 

Records  D,  p.  66. 

Voted  that  in  case  a  study  running  through  more  than  one  term  be 
discontinued  by  any  student,  without  permission  or  valid  excuse,  the 
Faculty  may,  at  the  request  of  the  department  affected,  cancel  the 
credit  already  entered  for  such  partial  work. 

OFFICIAL   EXAMINATION   BOOKS. 

Records  D,  pp.  62,  63,  67. 

Voted  that,  for  all  written  final  and  term  examinations,  an  examina- 
tion blank  book  shall  be  used,  the  form  of  which  shall  be  determined 


by  the  President  of  the  University  ;  also  that  the  following  petition, 
accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  report  of  the  committee  appointed  on 
this  subject,  be  presented  by  the  Faculty  to  the  Executive  Committee  : 
"WHEREAS,  The  Faculty  of  the  University  are  convinced  that  the 
use  of  an  official  examination  book,  to  be  furnished  and  distributed  by 
the  University,  is  necessary  in  order  to  provide  a  proper  safeguard 
against  fraud  in  examination.  The  Faculty,  therefore,  petition  your 
Honorable  body  to  provide  a  supply  of  such  examination  books  suffi- 
cient for  all  written  final  examinations." 

RESOLUTION  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

Students  in  the  University  are  required  hereafter  to  purchase  their 
examination  books,  the  form  of  book,  together  with  the  rules  and  reg- 
ulations governing  its  use,  to  be  determined  by  the  President  and 
the  Treasurer. 

GRECIAN    AND   ROMAN    HISTORY. 

Records  D,  p.  69. 

Voted  that  the  course  as  now  given  be  no  longer  required  of  Fresh- 
men in  Arts  and  Philosophy,  and  that  the  two  hours  thus  left  free  be 
given  up  to  the  reading  of  Greek  and  Roman  historians. 

RESOLUTIONS  ADOPTED    ON  THE   RETIREMENT  OF  PRESIDENT  ADAMS. 

Records  D,  p.  69. 

WHEREAS,  President  Charles  Kendall  Adams  has  severed  his  con- 
nection with  this  University,  we,  the  Faculty,  desire  to  express  our 
sincere  regret  that  he  has  found  such  action  necessary,  and  our  appre- 
ciation of  the  zeal  and  efficiency  of  the  administration  of  his  office. 

Since  his  accession  the  growth  of  the  University  has  been  marvel- 
ous ;  large  sums  of  money  have  been  expended  in  increasing  mate- 
rial facilities ;  departments  already  in  existence  have  been  enlarged, 
and  new  ones  have  been  created ;  a  flourishing  School  of  Law  has 
been  developed  ;  the  requirements  for  admission  to  the  University 
have  been  raised  ;  a  more  liberal  policy  with  respect  to  elective  work 
has  been  inaugurated  ;  the  courses  of  instruction  have  been  expanded 
and  brought  into  a  more  orderly  arrangement ;  the  standard  of  schol- 
arship has  been  greatly  advanced,  and  graduate  work  has  been  effect- 
ively promoted  in  all  departments  ;  a  closer  connection  between  the 
University  and  the  public  school  system  of  the  State  has  been  brought 
about ;  unfriendly  movements  in  the  Legislature  have  been  warded 
off,  and  friendly  advances  from  other  quarters  have  been  happily  met 
and  reciprocated. 

In  all  these  activities  the  President  of  the  University  must  of  neces- 
sity take  a  leading  part ;  and  we  recognize  his  careful  and  successful 
guidance  through  it  all. 


I  o 

We  bespeak  for  him'a  like  measure  of  success  in  future  fields  of  use- 
fulness to  which  he  may  be  called,  and  assure  him  of  our  high  regard 
and  hearty  good  wishes  that  will  follow  him  wherever  he  may  go. 
Signed  by  the  Committee  : 

G.  C.  CALDWELL, 
A.  N.  PRENTISS, 
J.  E.  OLIVER, 
T.  F.  CRANE, 
R.  H.  THURSTON. 

DEAN   OF  THE  GENERAL   FACULTY. 

Records  D,  p.  77. 

The  President  nominated  Professor  Horatio  S.  White  as  Dean  of  the 
General  Faculty,  and  the  nomination  was  confirmed. 

SPECIAL  SHORT   COURSE   IN   AGRICULTURE. 

Records  D,  p.  77. 

Voted  that  in  the  event  of  the  establishment  of  a  short  course  in  Ag- 
riculture, students  pursuing  said  course  be  admitted  during  the  com- 
ing year  at  sixteen  years  of  age. 

HONORABLE  DISMISSAL  AND  LEAVE  OF  ABSENCE    EXTENDING  OVER 
TERM   EXAMINATIONS. 

Records  D,  p.  77. 

All  such  petitions  shall  be  referred  to  the  President  and  the  Secre- 
tary as  a  Standing  Committee. 

PETITIONS  TO   GRADUATES   IN   LESS  THAN   FOUR  YEARS. 

Records  D,  p.  77. 
These  shall  be  referred  to  the  Dean  and  the  Registrar,  with  power. 

STANDING  COMMITTEES  OF  THE    FACULTY — 1892-93, 

Admission  on  Certificate — The  Dean,  Professors  Wilder,  Oliver, 
Bennett,  Hart. 

Advanced  Standing  —  The  Dean,  the  Registrar,  Professors  Cald- 
well,  Church,  Thurston,  Crane,  Wait,  S.  G.  Williams,  Prentiss. 

Graduate  Work  and  Advanced  Degrees— The  Dean,  Professors 
Nichols,  Thurston,  Wait,  Wheeler,  M.  C.  Tyler,  Comstock. 

Doubtful  Cases — The  Dean,  the  Registrar,  Professors  Babcock, 
Church,  Crane,  Thurston,  Hitchcock,  Jones,  Gage, 

Records  of  Candidates  for  Graduation — The  Dean,  the  Registrar, 
Professors  Caldwell,  Church,  Tuttle,  Wait,  Thurston,  Hart,  Bennett. 


-ig  — 

Register  and  Announcement  of  Courses — The  President,  the  Dean, 
the  Registrar. 

Change  in  Registration,  including  Extra  and  Deficient  Hours — 
The  Dean,  the  Secretary,  and  the  heads  of  the  departments  concerned. 

Scholarships — Professors  Crane,  Wilder,  Hewett,  Wait,  Wheeler, 
Crandall,  Ryan. 

Military  and  Gymnasium — The  Dean,  the  Commandant,  the  Pro- 
fessor of  Physical  Culture  (ex-officio]. 

Athletics — Dr.  Hitchcock,  the  Commandant  (ex-officio},  Professors 
White,  Wheeler,  Dennis. 

Assignment  of  Freshmen — Professor  Jones. 

Excusing  Labor  Students  from  Drill  and  Gymnasium — Profess- 
ors Comstock,  Gage,  Burr. 

Discipline — Professors  Babcock,  Roberts,  Wheeler,  Hewett,  S.  G. 
Williams. 

Honorable  Dismissal  and  Leave  of  Absence — The  President,  the 
Registrar. 

ADDITIONAL  MATHEMATICAL  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  ENTRANCE  TO  THE 
COURSES  IN  MECHANICAL  AND  ELECTRICAL  ENGI- 
NEERING  AND   ARCHITECTURE. 

Records  D,  pp.  78,  83,  85. 

Voted  that  in  and  after  June,  1894,  the  subjects  of  Higher  Algebra 
and  Plane  and  Spherical  Trigonometry  will  be  required  for  admission 
to  these  courses. 

ACTION   OF  THE   FACULTY   CONCERNING   THE   ESTABLISHMENT  AND 
MANAGEMENT   OF   A   SUMMER   SCHOOL   OF   STUDY. 

Records  D,  pp.  79,  81,  84,  86. 

Report  of  the  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  matter  of  a  Sum- 
mer School,  as  adopted  by  the  Faculty  : 

It  is  the  belief  of  the  Committee  that  the  Summer  School  affords  an 
opportunity  to  do  marked  service  to  the  teachers  of  this  and  other 
States  ;  and  that  the  University  should  not  neglect  this  means  of  cul- 
tivating closer  relations  with  the  preparatory  schools. 

It  is  the  opinion  of  the  Committee  that  the  work  undertaken  in  the 
Summer  School  should  be  distinctively  college  or  university  work, 
and  not  such  as  is  done  by  preparatory  schools  ;  and  that  the  courses 
offered  should  therefore  correspond  in  grade  to  those  of  our  regular 
curriculum. 

Since  certain  subjects  of  the  Freshman  year  are  also  included  in  our 
entrance  requirements,  and  since  it  should  be  the  object  of  the  Sum- 


—  20  — 

nier  School  to  offer  these  subjects  to  teachers  and  to  advanced  stu- 
dents, and  not  to  those  studying  for  admission  to  the  university,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  in  case  of  subjects  included  in  the  entrance  require- 
ments for  the  University,  a  previous  knowledge  of  the  subjects  should 
be  exacted,  such  knowledge  to  cover  substantially  the  same  ground  as 
the  entrance  requirement.  But  this  resolution  is  not  intended  to  ex- 
clude from  these  studies  persons  actually  engaged  in  teaching,  nor  ad- 
vanced students. 

Resolved,  That  study  pursued  in  the  Summer  School  be  not  credited 
in  hours  required  for  graduation  to  candidates  for  the  first  degrees. 

Resolved,  That  in  case  it  seem  expedient  to  establish  a  Summer 
School,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Faculty,  no  member  of  the  body  of  in- 
struction should  be  required  to  be  responsible  for  the  instruction  in 
said  school. 

RESOLUTIONS    PASSED   BY   THE.  BOARD    OF    TRUSTEES    NOVEMBER   22, 
1892,    AND  TRANSMITTED  TO  THE   FACUI/TY  DECEMBER   2,   1892. 

1.  That  a  Summer  School  be  established  by  the  University. 

2.  That,  subject' to  such  provision  as  the  Executive  Committee  may 
deem  necessary,  the  management  of  the  Summer  School,  both  on  its 
financial  and  educational  sides,  shall  be  in  the  hands  of  the  teachers 
who,  however,  are  instructed  to  arrange  their  curriculum  in  harmony 
with  the  policy  formulated  by  the  Faculty  in  its  resolutions  of  October 
21,  which  have  already  been  communicated  to  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee. 

FORM   FOR  THESES   FOR   DOCTORS'    DEGREES. 

Records  D,  p.  85. 

Voted  that  on  the  title  page  of  each  thesis  deposited  in  the  Univer- 
sity Library,  shall  appear  the  statement  that  the  thesis  was  presented 
to  the  Faculty  of  Cornell  University  for  the  degree  in  question. 

CONDITIONS   FOR   THE   DEGREE  OF  DOCTOR   OF  SCIENCE. 

Records  D,  p.  88. 

Voted  that  the  requirement  of  Latin  and  Greek,  as  indicated  on  page 
48  of  Register,  1892-93,  be  no  longer  required  for  this  degree,  and  this 
shall  effect  degrees  conferred  after  June,  1893. 

PHYSICAL  TRAINING   IN   FRESHMAN   YEAR. 

Records  D,  p.  87. 

Voted  that  Physical  Training  be  required  four  hours  per  week  dur- 
ing the  winter  term  of  Freshman  year  ;  in  those  courses  where  it  is 
now  required  two  hours  per  week  for  the  Freshman  and  two  hours  for 
the  Sophomore  year  during  the  same  term.  One  class  shall  be  ex- 


GENERAL  LEGISLATION  OF  THE  FACULTY  AND 

EXTRACTS  FROM  THE  FACULTY 

RECORDS. 


MARCH  10,   1893— MAY  30,  1893. 


RUI,ES   GOVERNING  THE  MANAGEMENT  OF  EXAMINATIONS. 

Records  D,  pp.  95,  101,  102. 

In  response  to  a  communication  from  certain  students  desiring  to 
form  an  association  for  improving  the  ethical  standards  of  the  Uni- 
versity, 

Voted  :  that  they  be  informed  that  the  Faculty  has  learned  of  such 
action  with  gratification,  and  that  any  such  movement  will  have  its 
sympathy  and  cooperation. 

After  an  exchange  of  various  communications  between  students  and 
Faculty,  the  following  resolutions,  the  substance  of  which  was  sug- 
gested at  mass  meetings  of  students,  were  adopted  : 

(1)  Each  student  must,  in  order  to  make  his  examination  valid, 
affix  the  following  form,  with  his  signature  thereto  :  "  I  have  neither 
given  nor  received  aid  in  this  examination." 

(2)  The  functions  of  the  present  committee  on  discipline  of  the 
Faculty,  so  far  as  jurisdiction  in  cases  of  fraud  in  examination  is  con- 
cerned, are  suspended.     The  said  functions  are  to  devolve  for  one  year 
upon  a  committee  composed  of  the  President  of  the  University,  and  of 
four  seniors,  three  juniors,  two  sophomores,  and  one  freshman.     The 
President  of  the  University  is  to  be  chairman  of  the  committee. 

(3)  The  election  of  the  student  members  of  the  said  committee 
shall  be  held  at  a  special  election  of  each  class  early  in  the  Fall  term, 
except  the  freshmen,  who  shall  not  elect  till  the  end  of  the  term.     De- 
cisions of  this  committee  shall  be  communicated  by  its  presiding  offi- 
cer to  the  Faculty  for  final  action. 

(4)  The  Faculty  will  dispense  with  the  presence  of  proctors  at  exam- 
inations to  prevent  dishonesty. 

(5)  This  scheme  shall  take  effect  at  the  examinations  of  the  present 
term. 

EXTENSION  OF  TIME  FOR  THESES. 

Records  D,  p.  97. 

All  petitions  for  extension  of  time  for  thesis  work  are  to  be  referred 
to  the  heads  of  departments  concerned,  with  power. 

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CREDENTIALS  OF  APPLICANTS   FOR  ADMISSION. 

Records  D,  p.  98. 

In  response  to  a  communication  from  certain  school  principals  to 
the  Faculty, 

Voted  :  that  every  applicant  for  admission  to  the  University  be  di- 
rected to  secure  a  statement  from  the  principal  of  the  school  in  which 
he  prepared,  regarding  the  character  and  completeness  of  his  prepara- 
tion. The  failure  to  produce  such  a* statement,  however,  is  not  to  ope- 
rate as  a  bar  to  the  admission  of  the  applicant ;  but  such  omission  is 
to  be  noted  on  his  record. 

ENTRANCE  REQUIREMENTS  IN   ENGLISH. 

Records  D,  p.  oo. 

(1)  In   Regents'  diplomas  presented  during  the  years  1894-5,  six 
academic  English  counts  shall  be  required,  including  English  compos- 
ition, in  order  to  satisfy  the  requirement  for  entrance  English. 

(2)  In  1896,  either  six  academic  English  counts,  including  English 
composition,  or  three  full  years  of  the  English  course  established 
by  the  Regents,  February  9,  1893,  shall  be  required. 

(3)  In  and  after  June,  1897,  four  full  years  of  the  English  course 
established  by  the  Regents  February  9,   1893,  shall  be  required  in 
order  to  satisfy  the  entrance  requirement  in  English. 

(4)  Candidates  presenting  Regents'  diplomas  from  schools  that  have 
only  a  three  years'  course  in  English  shall  not  be  exempt  from  the  en- 
trance examination  in  that  subject  after  September,  1896,  unless  they 
offer  eight  academic  English  counts. 

[See  page  21  above.  It  was  decided  at  a  later  meeting  that  sections 
(3)  and  (4)  should  for  the  present  not  be  promulgated.] 

TITLES  OF  COMMENCEMENT  THESES. 

Records  D,  p.  101. 

The  titles  of  all  theses  presented  for  degrees  shall  be  printed  on  the 
Commencement  programme. 

PETITIONS   FROM  ATHLETIC  ORGANIZATIONS. 

Records  D,  p.  101. 

Petitions  from  the  various  athletic  organizations  shall  hereafter  be 
referred  to  the  committee  on  athletics,  with  power. 

CODIFICATION   OF  FACULTY   RECORDS. 

Records  D,  p.  105. 

Voted  :  that  the  Dean  be  authorized  to  codify  the  Faculty  records, 
and  report  at  a  later  date. 


GENERAL   LEGISLATION   OF  THE  FACULTY 

AND   EXTRACTS   FROM   THE 

FACULTY  RECORDS. 


JUNE  J3TH,  1893 — DECEMBER  IITH,  1893. 


CREDIT  FOR   I.ATIN   PERFORMANCES. 

Records  D,  p.  106. 

The  matter  of  allowing  credit  for  the  work  done  in  the  preparation 
of  a  I/atin  play  was  referred  to  Professor  Bennett,  with  power. 

EXAMINATIONS  FOR  ADVANCED  DEGREES. 

Records  D,  p.  112. 

Resolved,  A.  That  in  the  final  examination  for  advanced  degrees 
the  examination  of  theses  shall  regularly  precede  the  further  exami- 
nation of  the  candidate. 

B.  That  in  case  of  students  who  take  examination  in  a  year  subse- 
quent to  that  in  which  the  required  amount  of  study  has  been  com- 
pleted, the  special  committee  be  authorized  to  arrange  such  examina- 
tions at  any  time  during  the  University  year  ;  provided  that  two  weeks 
notice  shall  be  given  to  the  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Graduate 
Work  and  Advanced  Degrees. 

COMMITTEE  ON   GRADUATE   WORK. 

Records  D,  p.  113. 

Voted  that  the  Committee  on  Graduate  Work  be  increased  in  num- 
ber of  members  from  7  to  9. 

ENTRANCE   EXAMINATIONS. 

Records  D,  p.  116. 

No  member  of  the  University,  or  applicant  for  admission,  will  be 
allowed  to  take  any  entrance  examination  without  a  formal  permit. 
This  permit  must  be  obtained  from  the  Registrar's  office. 

Each  examiner  shall  be  empowered  to  ask,  through  the  Registrar 
for  the  aid  of  three  assistants,  to  be  chosen  by  the  Registrar  from  the 
younger  members  of  the  instructing  force  in  such  wise  as  to  insure  so 
far  as  possible  the  recognition  of  any  undergraduates  of  the  University 
who  may  be  present  at  the  entrance  examinations. 
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-25  — 

ENTRANCE   LATIN   IN    ARCHITECTURE. 

Records  D,  p.  118. 

On  motion  voted  that  Latin  be  no  longer  allowed  as  an  alternative 
for  French  or  German  for  admission  to  the  course  in  Architecture. 

DRILL. 

Records  D,  p.  118. 

It  was  voted  that  students  who  intend  to  retire  from  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  General  Faculty,  after  two  years  of  study,  shall  not  for  that 
reason  be  excused  from  drill  in  their  second  year. 

DEGREES  FOR  MEMBERS  OF  FACULTY. 

Records  D,  p.  120. 

In  accordance  with  the  recommendation  of  the  Committee  on  Grad- 
uate Work  it  was  voted  "That  it  is  not  in  accordance  with  the  policy 
of  this  Faculty  to  grant  degrees  to  members  of  their  own  body." 

SUMMER   SCHOOL. 

Records  D,  pp.  120  121. 

The  Faculty  votes  to  concur  with  the  Faculty  of  the  Summer 
School  in  recommending  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  that  the  direction 
of  instruction  in  the  Summer  School  be  vested  in  the  General  Faculty. 

The  resolutions  were  then  adopted  as  follows  : 

A.  Regularly  matriculated  students  of  the  University  are  allowed 
credit  for  work  done  in  the  Summer  School  in  accordance  with  the  fol- 
lowing restrictions  :  Work  in  the  Summer  School  may  be  allowed  the 
same  credit  as  the  same  amount  and  kind  of  work  in  the  University  ; 
but  no  student  shall  be  allowed  credit  for  more  than  eight  University 
hours  in  any  summer  session. 

B.  Credit  shall  be  given  only  for  courses  that  have  received  the 
approval  of  the  General  Faculty. 

C.  The  proposed  credit  shall  be  based  upon  the  regular  University 
examinations  held  at  the  beginning  of  the  Fall  Term.     In  subjects  in 
which  no  regular  examinations  are  held  at  that  time,   special  exami- 
nations may  then  be  given  by  the  departments  concerned. 

2.  Students  of  the  Summer  School  not  matriculated  in  the  Univer- 
sity may  receive  certificates  of  attendance  and  satisfactory  work,  duly 
signed  by  their  instructors  and  by  the  president  of  the  University. 


—  26  — 

EXAMINATIONS. 

Records  D,  p.  121. 

The  recommendation  of  the  student  committee  on  discipline  that 
hereafter  students  in  written  preliminary  examinations  be  required  to 
make  the  same  declaration  as  in  final  examinations  was  adopted  ;  and 
also  that  violations  shall  be  considered  as  coming  under  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  said  committee. 

ADVERTISEMENTS    IN   THE  REGISTER. 

Records  D,  p.  123. 

Resolved,  That  the  preparatory  schools  of  Ithaca  be  permitted  to 
insert  in  the  Register,  as  heretofore,  a  joint  slip  descriptive  of  their 
facilities.  Resolution  lost. 

CALENDAR. 

Records  D,  p.  124. 

Resolved,  That  the  Thanksgiving  recess  be  limited  to  one  day  : 

That  the  Fall  term  end  as  near  the  23rd  of  December,  and  that  the 
Winter  term  begin  as  near  the  3rd  of  January  as  possible. 

That  instruction  in  the  Spring  term  end  on  the  Thursday  preceding 
Commencement  Day. 

That  Commencement  Day  be  held  on  the  Thursday  nearest  the  2oth 
of  June  ;  and  that  the  entrance  examinations  in  the  fall  begin  on  the 
Wednesday  nearest  the  i8th  of  September,  and  instruction  begin  on 
Thursday  of  the  following  week. 

That  the  present  reservation  of  an  examination  week  at  the  end  of 
each  term  be  discontinued. 

That  these  resolutions  go  into  effect  with  the  beginning  of  the  next 
calendar  year,  January  i,  1894. 

THANKSGIVING. 
Records  D,  p.  124.. 

Resolved,  That  in  the  opinion  of  the  Faculty  it  would  be  inadvisable 
to  grant  leave  of  absence  to  students  for  the  purpose  of  extending  the 
Thanksgiving  recess. 


GENERAL   LEGISLATION   OF   THE    FACULTY 

AND  EXTRACTS  FROM  THE 

FACULTY  RECORDS. 


JAN.  5TH,  1894 — JUNE  ISTH,  1894. 


STANDING  COMMITTEES  OF  THE   FACUI/TY,   1893-4. 

[The  reference  to  the  Faculty  records  indicate  the  origin  and  functions  of  the 
Committees.] 

Admission  on  Certificate. — The  Dean,  Professors  Wilder,  Oliver, 
Hart,  Bennett.  [Records  C,  165-166,  296,  309,  D,  30.] 

Advanced  Standing.— The  Dean,  the  Registrar,  Professors  Prentiss, 
Crane,  Fuertes,  Williams,  Thurston,  Wait,  Creighton.  [Records  C, 
208-209.] 

Graduate  Work  and  Advanced  Degrees.— -The  Dean,  Professors 
Caldwell,  Fuertes,  Cornstock,  Thurston,  Wheeler,  Nichols,  Jenks, 
Wait.  [Records  C,  181,  186,  198,  245,  251,  496,  D,  53,  113.] 

Doubtful  Cases.—  The  Dean,  the  Registrar,  Professors  Crane, 
Fuertes,  Thurston,  Hitchcock,  Gage,  Osborne.  Jones.  [Records  A, 
267,  B,  32,  46.] 

Records  of  Candidates  for  Graduation. — The  Dean,  the  Registrar, 
Professors  Caldwell,  Oliver,  Fuertes,  Thurston,  Hart,  Burr,  Bennett. 
[Records  C,  145,  174,  229,  267.] 

Register  and  Announcement  of  Courses. — The  President,  the  Dean, 
the  Registrar.  [Statutes  III,  6.  Records  C,  116,  247,  350,  445.] 

Changes  in  Registration,  including  Extra  and  Deficient  Hours. — 
The  Dean,  the  Secretary,  and  the  Heads  of  Departments  concerned. 
[Records  C,  195,  271,  443,  D,  71.] 

Scholarships. — Professors  Crane,  Wilder,  Hewett,  Wheeler,  Wait, 
Crandall,  Ryan.  [Records  C,  225.] 

Military  and  Gymnasium. — The  Dean,  the  Professor  of  Physical 
Culture,  the  Commandant.  [C,  302,  321.] 

Athletics. — Dr.  Hitchcock,  The  Commandant,  Professors  White, 
Wheeler,  Dennis.  [Records  C,  437.] 

Assignment  of  Freshmen. — Professors  Jones,  Willcox.     [Records 
C.  ?  D.  13,  74-1 
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Excusing  Labor  Students  from  Drill  and  Gymnasium. — Professors 
Comstock,  Gage,  Burr.  [Records  D,  24.] 

Discipline.  —Professors  Wheeler,  Hewett,  Oliver,  Roberts,  Williams, 

[Records  D,  40,  43.] 

Leave  of  Absence. — The  President,  the  Registrar.     [Records  D,  71.] 
Summer  School.—  Professors  Bennett,  Caldwell,  Burr,  Bailey,  O.  F. 

Emerson.     [Records  D,  129.] 

DOUBTFUI,   CASES. 

Records  D,  p.  125. 

All  appeals  from  the  action  of  the  Committee  on  Doubtful  Cases 
were  recommitted  to  the  same. 

CODIFICATION   OF   FACULTY  RECORDS. 

• 

Records  D,  p.  126. 

The  Dean  presented  the  report  on  codification  of  the  Faculty  legis- 
lation as  appears  below.  The  report  was  accepted  and  the  thanks  of 
the  Faculty  were  voted  the  Dean  for  his  laborious  and  efficient  work. 

REPORT  OF  THE  DEAN   ON   CODIFICATION. 

In  October,  1890,  the  Dean  was  requested  to  supervise  the  selection 
of  extracts  from  the  minutes  of  the  Faculty  to  be  printed  from  term 
to  term.  At  the  close  of  the  last  academic  year  he  was  authorized,  at 
his  own  suggestion,  to  codify  the  Faculty  Records  from  the  beginning, 
a  task  upon  which  he  had  already  been  for  some  time  engaged,  and  to 
report  at  a  later  date.  He  has  accordingly  examined  the  records  from 
the  opening  of  the  University  in  Sept.,  1868,  until  Oct.,  1890 ;  at  the  end 
of  which  period  began  the  printing  of  selections  from  the  minutes  as 
above  indicated.  All  votes,  resolutions,  or  other  memoranda  during  this 
long  period,  which  seemed  of  value  in  tracing  the  development  of  the 
educational  policy  of  the  Faculty,  or  as  indicating  a  drift  or  change  of 
sentiment  in  that  body  with  reference  to  the  various  subjects  of  inter- 
est arising  during  its  deliberations,  were  marked.  Action  on  various 
student  petitions  was  occasionally  noted  when  such  action  might  seem 
instructive.  Entries  on  such  action  have  however  in  recent  years  be- 
come somewhat  meager,  as  such  petitions  are  now  generally  examined 
by  committees  and  the  action  endorsed  upon  the  petitions,  which  are 
filed  alphabetically  and  chronologically. 

All  such  marked  passages  were  then  drawn  off  in  typewritten  form 
upon  separate  sheets— over  1800  in  number— with  reference  to  the 
volume,  page,  and  date  of  entry.  To  these  were  added  captions — sev- 


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eral  often  being  needed  for  a  single  sheet — and  an  alphabetical  index 
was  made  for  the  whole  series. 

These  sheets,  which  are  enclosed  in  a  number  of  pamphlet  cases, 
contain  with  the  accompanying  index  a  fairly  complete  resume"  of  the 
more  important  proceedings  of  the  Faculty.  From  this  resume"  a 
further  selection  has  been  made  and  printed  for  the  use  of  the  Faculty, 
embodying  chiefly  legislation  of  the  procedure  of  the  Faculty,  togeth- 
er with  a  series  of  miscellaneous  resolutions  not  elsewhere  incorpor- 
ated. It  did  not  seem  advisable  to  increase  further  the  volume  of  this 
reprint,  as  much  of  the  legislation  has  become  obsolete  or  unnecessary 
or  superseded,  or  appears  in  the  official  records  of  the  University. 
Finally,  to  make  the  Faculty  Minutes  entirely  complete  and  intelligi- 
ble, reference  must  frequently  be  made  to  the  special  Faculty  indexes, 
and  to  the  Registers  and  other  current  publications  of  the  University, 
which  are  cited  in  the  proceedings  from  year  to  year. 

DEAN'S   OFFICE. 

Records  D,  p.  128, 

Moved  and  carried,  that  Professor  W.  F.  Willcox,  as  Acting  Dean, 
be  added  to  the  Committees  on  Advanced  Standing  and  on  Graduate 
Work,  and  have  charge  of  the  business  of  those  committees. 

2.  That  he  have  charge  also  of  the  matter  of  leaves  of  absence  and 
late  registration,  so  far  as  it  is  at  present  in  the  hands  of  the  Dean. 

3.  That  in  the  absence  of  the  Dean  the  next  person   on  the  list  of 
committees  of  which  the  Dean  is  chairman,  shall  officiate  as  tempora- 
ry chairman. 

ADDRESSES   FOR   REGISTERS. 

(For  outside  inquirers). 
Records  £>,  p.  129. 

Voted  that,  the  Faculty  gives  its  consent  that  the  addresses  of  cor- 
respondents requesting  Registers  be  furnished,  if  not  inconsistent  with 
the  convenience  of  the  Registrar's  office. 

GRADUATE   WORK. 

Records  D,  p.  131. 

Resolved,  That  the  time  spent  in  study  for  the  master's  degree, 
whether  that  degree  be  taken  or  not,  may  be  counted  in  the  time  re- 
quired for  the  doctor's  degree,  provided  the  special  committee  in 
charge  of  the  case  approves,  certifying  the  work  done  as  suitable  to 
such  doctor's  degree. 


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CONCERNING  STUDENT  OFFENDERS. 

Records  D,  p.  132. 

Resolved,  That  the  Faculty  assure  the  civil  authorities  of  Ithaca  of 
their  desire  to  co-operate  with  them  in  procuring  the  detection  and 
securing  the  conviction  of  the  perpetrators  of  the  crime  committed  in 
connection  with  the  Freshman  Banquet  on  Tuesday  last. 

Further  resolved,  That  the  Faculty  once  more  formally  declare  that, 
while  students  who  have  been  convicted  of  offences  against  law  and 
order  will  also  be  subjected  to  the  discipline  of  the  University,  it  is  not 
the  business  of  the  Faculty  but  of  the  civil  authorities  to  preserve  the 
peace  and  maintain  the  law,  which,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Faculty, 
should  be  upheld  against  student  offenders  with  the  same  impartial 
rigor  as  is  shown  towards  other  offenders. 

REQUIREMENTS  FOR  ADMISSION  AND  DEGREES. 

Records  D,  p.  /j/. 

Action  taken  by  the  Faculty  March  19,  1894,  and  based  upon  the 
report  of  the  Committee  of  9  appointed  October  27,  1893. 

1.  The  course  in  Letters  shall   be  abolished,   beginning  with  the 
class  entering  in  1896. 

2.  For  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science  a  majority  of  the  elective 
work  shall  be  in  natural  science  or  mathematics,  beginning  with  the 
class  graduating  in  1896. 

3.  The  courses  in  Agriculture  and  Architecture  shall  remain  as  at 
present,  with  the  degrees  of  Bachelor  of  Science  in  Agriculture  and 
Bachelor  of  Science  in  Architecture. 

4.  (a)  For  the  class  entering  in  1896  the  entrance  requirements  in 
modern  languages  for  the  course  in  Science  shall  be  increased  so  as  to 
include  two  years  of  French  or  two  years  of  German  (viz.,  an  amount 
equivalent  to  courses  i  and  2  in  the  University)  instead  of  one  year  as 
at  present. 

(b)  In  and  after   1897    the  entrance  requirements  for  the  course  in 
Science  shall  include  two  years  of  French  and  two  years  of  German 
(viz.,  an  amount  equivalent  to  courses  i  and  2  in  the  University)  and 
also  the  one   year  of  additional  mathematics  (viz.,   solid  geometry, 
advanced  algebra,  plane  trigonometry). 

(c)  In     place   of    a   modern  language   requirement   an   equivalent 
amount  of  an  ancient  classical  language  may  be  offered  for  admission; 
provided  that  the  full  amount  of  modern  languages  required  for  en- 
trance and  for  graduation  be  taken  in  the  courses. 

5.  In  and  after  1896  the  entrance  requirement  in  French  or  German 
for  the  course  in  Philosophy  shall  be  the  same  as  that  for  the  course  in 


vScience  (4  (a)  )  and  the  alternative  in  additional  mathematics  (viz, , 
solid  geometry,  advanced  algebra,  plane  trigonometry)  shall  be  with- 
drawn. 

6.  In  the  courses  in  Arts  and  Philosophy  the  major  part  of  the  elec- 
tive work  shall  be  in  literary,  historical,  philosophical,  and  mathe- 
matical subjects;  but  this  resolution  shall  not  affect  the  existing  regu- 
lations in  regard  to  electing  studies  in  the  School  of  Law. 

AMENDMENT  TO  THE   RUIZES   FOR   THE   DEGREE  OF  D.  SC. 

Records  D,  p.  143. 

In  exceptional  cases  the  year  of  graduate  work  in  a  University  else- 
where may  be  accepted  by  a  special  vote  of  the  Faculty  in  place  of  a 
year  in  this  University. 

THE  STUDENT  COMMITTEE   ON  'DISCIPLINE. 

Records  D,  p  146. 

Resolved,  That  the  faculty  hereby  express  to  the  student  committee 
on  discipline  their  gratification  as  to  the  results  of  the  committee's 
examination  of  all  cases  of  fraud  in  examination  brought  before  it, 
and  their  belief  that  by  its  action  it  has  contributed  to  raise  the  stan- 
dard of  honor  here  in  regard  to  University  work. 

Resolved  further,  That  the  Faculty  hereby  express  their  willingness 
to  continue  to  vest  the  same  functions  as  heretofore  in  the  student 
committee  beyond  the  original  term  of  one  year. 

Resolved  further,  That  the  Faculty  hereby  express  their  willingness 
to  vest  in  the  student  committee  the  initiation  and  consideration  of  all 
cases  of  University  discipline  under  the  same  provisions. 

The  recommendation  of  the  student  committee  on  discipline  that 
hereafter  the  students  in  all  written  recitations  be  required  to  make 
the  same  declaration  as  in  final  examinations  was  adopted.  And  also 
voted  that  all  violations  shall  be  considered  as  coming  under  the 
jurisdiction  of  said  committee. 

SPECIAL   DISTINCTIONS. 

Records  D,  p.  147. 

Voted  that  all  special  distinctions  attached  to  advanced  degrees  be 
abolished. 

GRADUATE  THESES. 

Records  D,  p.  150. 

Voted  in  accordance  with  the  report  of  the  committee  on  graduate 
work  that  a  text-book  presumably  written  and  published  without  ref- 
erence to  the  degree  for  which  it  is  presented  be  not  accepted. 


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THE  PRESIDENT  WHITE   FELLOWSHIP. 

Records  D,  p.  150. 

Voted  that  the  word  modern  in  the  title  of  the  President  White 
Fellowship  in  Modern  European  History  be  construed  to  include 
mediaeval. 

REVISION   OF  RULES   FOR  STUDENTS. 

Records  D,  p.  757. 

Voted  that  the  matter  of  the  revision  of  the  rules  for  the  guidance 
of  students  be  referred  back  to  the  committee  in  charge  with  power  to 
consider  and  incorporate  such  amendments  as  they  deem  expedient 
and  then  to  issue  the  amended  rules  for  provisional  use  at  the  begin- 
ning of  the  University  year. 

UNDERGRADUATE  THESES. 

Records  D,p.  152. 
Voted  that  the  theses  of  undergraduates  in  the  general  courses  be 


hereafter  submitted  on  or  before  the  isth  of  October  next  preceding 
their  graduation  and  that  the  thesis  receive  credit  toward  graduation 
as  two  hours  of  academic  work  each  term  of  their  senior  year. 


GENERAL  LEGISLATION  OF  THE  FACULTY 

AND   EXTRACTS   FROM   THE 

FACULTY  RECORDS. 


JUNK  19,   1894 — MARCH  8,   1895. 


THE  STUDENT  COMMITTEE  ON   DISCIPLINE. 

Records  D,  p.  152. 

The  following  resolution  from  the  Student  Committee  on  Discipline 
was  communicated  : 

The  Student  Committee  on  Discipline  desires  to  thank  the  General 
Faculty  of  the  University  for  their  encouraging  approval  of  its  work 
during  the  present  academic  year,  and  to  express  its  appreciation  of 
the  Faculty's  sympathetic  attitude  toward  it  which  has  at  all  times 
promoted  harmony  between  the  two  bodies.  The  Committee  further- 
more desires  to  thank  the  Faculty  for  the  confidence  they  have  reposed 
in  it  by  offering  to  extend  its  existence  indefinitely,  and  to  vest  in  it 
the  initiative  and  consideration  of  all  cases  of  University  discipline. 

With  a  due  sense  of  the  responsibility  which  it  thus  assumes,  but 
feeling  that  such  action  has  already  been  approved  by  the  student 
body  in  mass  meeting  assembled,  and  that  it  will  promote  the  develop- 
ment of  student  self-government  in  Cornell  University,  the  Committee 
expresses  its  willingness  to  accept  the  enlargement  of  its  functions 
thus  offered  it. 

THE  '94  MEMORIAL  PRIZE. 

Records  D,  p.  157. 

The  following  conditions  were  submitted  : 

1.  Any  undergraduate  student  of  Cornell  University  may  become  a 
competitor  for  this  prize. 

2.  From  the  whole  body  of  competitors  there  shall  be  selected  by 
the  Faculty  of  the  University,  in  such  manner  as  it  may  deem  best, 
the  debaters,  not  to  exceed  eight  in  number  who  shall  take  part  in  the 
final  competition. 

3.  The  final  competition  shall  take  place  at  a  public  debate  to  be 
held  annually,  under  the  direction  of  the  President  of  the  University, 
at  such  date  and  place  and  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  from  time  to 
time  determined  by  the  Faculty  of  the  University. 

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4.  The  question  for  each  competition  shall  be  selected  by  the  Pro- 
fessor of  Oratory,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Faculty  of  the  Uni- 
versity, and  shall  be  publicly  announced  by  him  at  least  four  weeks 
before  the  date  set  for  each  debate. 

5.  The  prize  shall  be  awarded  by  a  committee  of  three  judges  ap- 
pointed annually  by  the  President  of  the  University  to  that  competitor 
who  shall  be  deemed  by  them  the  most  effective  debater,  account  be- 
ing taken  both  of  his  thought  and  of  its  expression. 

Voted  that  this  be  made  the  action  of  the  Faculty. 

LAW  SCHOOL  PETITIONS. 

Records  Z>,  p.  138. 

Moved  and  carried,  that  all  petitions  from  students  in  the  Law  School 
desiring  to  take  work  in  the  other  courses  be  referred  to  the  Law  Con- 
ference Committee  with  power. 

SUBSTITUTIONS   FOR   REQUIRED  WORK. 

Records  D,  p.  159. 

Moved  and  carried,  that  all  petitions  involving  substitution  of  work 
for  required  courses  be  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Registration  with 
power. 

ATHLETICS. 

Records  D,  p.  159. 

The  Committee  on  Athletics  submitted  the  following  resolution  : 
We  do  not  regard  any  person  as  qualified  to  be  a  member  of  a  Uni- 
versity team  who  comes  to  the  University  without  the  intention  of  re- 
maining at  least  one  year,  or  who  receives  any  remuneration  or  con- 
sideration of  any  sort  for  his  services. 

Voted  that  this  be  made  the  action  of  the  Faculty. 

DEATH   OF   OREN   GIBSON   HEILMAN. 

Records  D,  p.  159. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  : 

Whereas,  God  in  His  infinite  wisdom  hath  deemed  it  wise  to  re- 
move from  our  midst  Oren  Gibson  Heilman,  and 

Whereas,  We  deeply  feel  the  loss  of  one  thus  taken  from  the  very 
threshold  of  a  brilliant  career,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  we,  the  members  of  the  Faculty  of  Cornell  Univer- 
sity, recognizing  the  manly  character  and  Christian  spirit  which  he 
ever  displayed,  express  to  his  family  the  recognition  of  our  loss  and 
extend  to  them  our  heartfelt  sympathy. 


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FELLOWSHIPS   AND  SCHOLARSHIPS. 

Records  D,  p.  160. 

Voted  that  the  Secretary  be  empowered  to  insert  the  detailed  action 
of  the  Committee  on  Scholarships  in  the  minutes  of  the  meetings  of 
May  4  and  n,  1894.  [Records  D,  pp.  144-146.] 

The  Faculty  at  the  meeting  on  May  4th  adopted  the  following  reso- 
lutions concerning  the  new  fellowships  and  graduate  scholarships  re- 
cently established  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  directed  the  Secretary 
to  transmit  a  copy  of  the  action  to  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 
University  as  follows  : 

"The  Faculty  recommend  that  the  thirteen  fellowships  and  ten 
graduate  scholarships  be  assigned  as  follows  :  (a)  The  thirteen  fellow- 
ships to  twelve  groups  of  departments  as  hereinafter  specified,  viz.  : 

(1)  Mathematics, I 

(2)  Chemistry, I 

(3)  Physics, I 

(4)  Civil  Engineering, I 

(5)  Mechanical  and  Electrical  Engineering, 2 

(6)  Physiology  and  Vertebrate  Zoology  with  Invertebrate 

Zoology  and  Entomology, 

(7)  Botany  and  Geology, 

(8)  Architecture, 

(9)  Agriculture,  Horticulture,  and  Veterinary  Science, 

(10)  English, 

(11)  Germanic  Languages, 

(12)  Romance  Languages, 

(b)  The  ten  graduate  scholarships  to  the  ten  following  departments 
and  groups  of  departments  : 

(1)  Mathematics, 

(2)  Chemistry, 

(3)  Physics, 

(4)  Civil  Engineering, 

(5)  Mechanical  and  Electrical  Engineering, 

(6)  Latin  and  Greek, i 

(7)  Archaeology  and  Comparative  Philology, i 

(8)  Physiology  and  Vertebrate  Zoology  with  Invertebrate 

Zoology  and  Entomology, i 

(9)  Botany  and  Geology, i 

(10)  English, i 

At  the  meeting  on  May  n  a  communication  from  the  Executive 
Committee  concerning  the  assignment  of  fellowships  was  presented, 
as  follows  : 


3<5 

The  Executive  Committee  at  its  meeting  on  Tuesday,  the  8th  of  May, 
took  the  following  action  : 

"  Moved  and  carried,  that  in  reference  to  the  communication  from 
the  General  Faculty  in  regard  to  assignment  of  scholarships  and  fel- 
lowships, that  one  fellowship  be  reserved  for  the  Law  School,  and  that 
the  General  Faculty  be  requested  to  assign  the  fellowships  and  schol- 
arships accordingly." 

It  was  then  moved  and  carried  that  the  Committee  on  Scholarships 
be  asked  to  report  a  scheme  of  readjustment. 

Professor  Crane  from  the  committee  then  reported  in  a  manner  sup- 
plementary to  their  report  of  last  week.  This  report  was  adopted  and 
the  previous  report  amended  accordingly,  as  follows  : 

The  Committee  on  Scholarships  begs  to  present  the  following  report 
supplementary  to  their  report  of  May  4.  Whereas,  since  the  meeting 
of  May  4th,  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Trustees  has  transferred 
to  the  Law  School  one  of  the  thirteen  fellowships  assigned  in  the  re- 
port of  May  4,  and  recommitted  to  the  Committee  the  whole  matter 
for  readjustment,  the  Committee  would  recommend  the  [following 
changes  in  this  report  of  May  4  : 

ist,  That  for  the  assignment  of  fellowships  and  scholarships  the  de- 
partments of  Germanic  and  Romance  Languages  constitute  one  group 
and  receive  one  fellowship  and  one  scholarship. 

2d,  That  the  scholarship  assigned  to  Mechanical  and  Electrical  En- 
gineering (Sibley  College)  be  withdrawn. 

PADGHAM   SCHOLARSHIP. 

Records  D,  p.  161. 

Voted  that  the  rules  which  apply  to  the  awarding  of  the  general 
scholarships  shall  apply  also  to  the  Padgham  Scholarship. 

STANDING  COMMITTEES  OF  THE  FACULTY,    1894-5. 

Records  D,  p.  161. 
[For  the  origin  and  functions  of  the  committees  see  pp.  27-28  of  these  reprints.] 

Admission  on  Certificate. — The  Dean,  Professors  Wilder,  Oliver, 
Hart,  Bennett. 

Advanced  Standing. — The  Dean,  the  Registrar,  Professors  Prentiss, 
Crane,  Fuertes,  Williams,  Thurston,  Wait,  Creighton. 

Graduate  Work  and  Advanced  Degrees. — The  Dean,  Professors 
Caldwell,  Fuertes,  Comstock,  Thurston,  Wheeler,  Jenks,  Merritt,  Wait. 

Doubtful  Cases. — The  Dean,  the  Registrar,  Professors  Crane,  Fuer- 
tes, Thurston,  Hitchcock,  Gage,  Jones,  Babcock. 


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Records  of  Candidates  for  Graduation. — The  Dean,  the  Registrar, 
Professors  Caldwell,  Oliver,  Fuertes,  Thurston,  Hart,  ^Burr,  Bennett. 

Register  and  Announcement  of  Courses. — The  President,  the  Dean, 
the  Registrar. 

Changes  in  Registration. — The  Dean,  the  Secretary,  and  the  Heads 
of  Departments  concerned. 

Scholarships. — Professors  Crane,  Wilder,  Hewett,  Wheeler,  Wait, 
Crandall,  Ryan. 

Military  and  Gymnasium. — The  Dean,  the  Professor  of  Physical 
Culture,  the  Commandant. 

Athletics. — Dr.  Hitchcock,  the  Commandant,  Professors  White, 
Wheeler,  Dennis. 

Assignment  of  Freshmen. — Professor  Jones,  with  the  aid  of  Instruc- 
tors to  be  designated. 

Excusing  Labor  Students  from  Drill  and  Gymnasium. — Professors 
Comstock,  Gage,  Burr. 

Leave  of  Absence. — The  President,  the  Registrar. 

Summer  School. — Professors  Bennett,  Caldwell,  Burr,  Bailey,  O.  F. 
Bmerson. 

GRADUATE  WORK. 

Records  D,  p.  162. 

Voted,  i.  That  the  regular  term  records  include  a  mention  of  the 
work  and  progress  of  graduate  students  in  such  form  as  may  be  con- 
venient. 

2.  That  at  the  end  of  the  year  the  chairmen  of  all  special  committees 
having  in  charge  the  work  of  graduate  students  report  to  the  chairman 
of  the  general  committee  regarding  the  amount  and  quality  of  such 
work. 

DOCTORS'   DEGREES. 

Records  Z>,  p.  163. 

Resolved,  That  the  Committee  on  Graduate  Work  be  requested  to 
consider  and  report  as  to  the  advisability  of  more  clearly  defining  the 
nature  of  the  study  leading  to  the  degrees  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy  and 
Doctor  of  Science,  or  of  merging  these  degrees  in  one. 

Records  D,  p.  164.. 

The  Committee  on  Graduate  Work  reported  the  following  resolution  : 
That  in  the  opinion  of  the  Committee  it  would  be  inadvisable  to  al- 
ter the  present  requirements  for  the  Doctors'  degrees.     The  resolution 
was  adopted. 


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NAMES   OF  GRADUATE  STUDENTS   IN   THE   REGISTER. 

Records  D,  p.  165. 

Recommended  by  the  Committee  on  Graduate  Work  : 
That  in  the  list  of  graduate  students  in  the  Register  be  printed  (i) 
the  names  of  graduate  students  actually  in  residence  or  candidates  in 
absentia,  or  studying  in  absence  by  special  permission  of  the  Faculty 
either  at  other  universities  or  as  holders  of  fellowships  ;  and  (2)  in  a 
separate  list,  with  the  caption  graduate  students  not  in  residence  for 
1894-95,  the  names  of  those  students  who  have  completed  the  mini- 
mum of  residence  required,  and  who  are  reported  by  the  special  com- 
mittees as  continuing  their  work  under  direction  with  the  intention  of 
coming  up  for  examination. 

WOODFORD  PRIZE. 

Records  D,  pp.  166,  167^ 

The  following  revised  conditions  respecting  the  Woodford  Prize  were 
adopted. 

The  Woodford  Prize  founded  by  the  Hon.  Stewart  Lyndon  Wood- 
ford,  and  consisting  of  a  gold  medal  of  the  value  of  one  hundred  dol- 
lars, will  be  given  annually  for  the  best  English  oration,  both  matter 
and  manner  being  taken  into  account. 

The  prize  may  be  competed  for  under  the  following  conditions  : 

1.  Any  member  of  the  Senior  class  who  is  to  receive  a  degree  at  the 
coming  Commencement,  may  be  a  competitor,  provided  he  has  taken 
at  least  one  course  of  instruction  in  Elocution  and  Oratory. 

2.  Every  competitor  shall  be  required  to  submit,  at  the  Registrar's 
office,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  the  Spring  term,  an  original  oration 
upon  a  subject  which  shall  have  previously  been  approved  by  the  Pro- 
fessor of  Elocution  and  Oratory. 

3.  The  competing  orations  shall  be  limited  to  fifteen  hundred  words 
and  shall  be  written  with  a  typewriter. 

4.  The  orations  submitted  shall  be  read  in  private  by .  their  authors 
to  a  committee  appointed  by  the  Faculty,  after  which  the  committee 
shall  examine  the  orations  and  shall  select  the  best,  not  to  exceed  six 
in  number,  for  delivery  in  public.     The  names  of  the  successful  writers 
shall  be  announced  as  early  as  is  practicable  after  the  beginning  of  the 
Spring  Term. 

5.  The  contest  for  the  prize  will  take  place  on  the  evening  of  the 
fifth  Friday  of  the  Spring  Term,  under  the  direction  of  the  President 
of  the  University. 

6.  The  prize  shall  be  awarded  by  a  committee  of  three  to  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  President  and,  whenever  practicable,  from  persons  not 
resident  in  Ithaca. 


7.  The  prize  shall  not  be  conferred  unless  the  successful  competitor 
shall  complete  the  course  and  take  the  degree  at  the  Commencement 
next  following. 

8.  A  copy  of  each  of  the  orations  selected  for  the  competition  shall, 
within  one  week  after  the  selection,  be  deposited  by  its  author  with 
the  committee  charged  with  the  selection,  who  shall,  after  the  com- 
pletion of  the  competition,  deposit  the  orations  permanently  in  the 
University  Library. 

UNIVERSITY   CALENDAR. 

Records  D,  p.  167. 

On  motion  the  following  dates  were  fixed  in  the  University  calendar  : 

1.  The  evening  of  the  day  preceding  Founder's  Day,  or  as  near  this 
date  as  may  be  possible — '94  Memorial  Prize  Debate. 

2.  The  first  day  of  the  Spring  Term — the  latest  date  for  presenting 
Woodford  Orations. 

3.  The  second  Friday  in  May — the  latest  date  for  presenting  Com- 
mencement Orations. 

4.  The  fourth  Friday  preceding  Commencement — '86  Memorial  Prize 
Competition. 

DEATH  OF  HERBERT  TUTTI,E. 

Records  D,  pp.  168,  169. 

On  the  morning  of  Commencement  Day,  June  the  2ist,  1894,  there 
passed  from  earth  our  colleague*  Professor  Herbert  Tuttle.  In  resum- 
ing without  him  the  duties  in  which  he  was  so  long  our  associate,  it  is 
fitting  that  we  put  upon  record  our  deep  sense  of  his  worth  and  of  our 
loss. 

From  his  entrance  into  this  Faculty  in  the  autumn  of  1881,  Professor 
Tuttle  took  an  active  and  efficient  part  in  the  conduct  of  the  Universi- 
ty. The  keenness  of  his  mind,  the  vigor  and  courage  of  his  convic- 
tions, his  invincible  independence,  his  experience  of  affairs',  his  power 
of  exact  and  cogent  statement,  gave  at  all  times  weight  to  his  coun- 
sels. To  the  work  of  his  class-room  he  brought  the  same  wealth  of 
research,  the  same  maturity  of  judgment,  the  same  precision  of  dic- 
tion, the  same  grace  of  literary  expression,  which  give  just  eminence 
to  his  published  writings.  In  all  his  University  relations,  the  uncom- 
promising honesty  of  his  nature,  impatient  of  pretense  and  equivoca- 
tion, his  humor,  keen  and  often  caustic,  his  sensitive  and  agressive 
temper,  his  outrightness  and  downrightness,  stamped  with  the  force  of 
a  positive  individuality  whatever  he  said  or  did.  By  all  who  knew  him 
well  and  not  least  by  his  colleagues  in  this  Faculty,  he  must  ever  be 
sorely  missed  and  sincerely  mourned. 


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The  Committee  recommends  that  this  expression  of  our  grief  be 
made  a  part  of  the  records  of  the  Faculty  and  communicated  to  the 
relatives  of  our  late  colleague. 

SCHOLARSHIP   EXAMINATIONS. 

Records  D,  p.  169. 

Moved  and  carried,  that  the  date  of  the  Scholarship  examinations 
be  placed  as  soon  after  the  entrance  examinations  as  possible. 

REGISTRATION   CARDS. 

Records  Z>,  p.  170. 

The  request  of  the  Registrar  to  be  allowed  to  accept  delayed  regis- 
tration cards  without  requiring  each  student  to  petition  the  Faculty 
was  granted. 

DOUBTFUL  CASES. 

Records  D,  p.  ///. 

Moved  and  carried,  that  all  matters  pertaining  to  dropped  students 
be  referred  to  the  Doubtful  Case  Committee  with  power.  [Cp.  Records 
D,  p.  86.] 

ATHLETICS. 

Records  D,  p.  775. 

Moved  and  carried,  that  the  Faculty  deems  it  advisable  to  limit  in- 
tercollegiate football  contests,  so  far  as  feasible,  to  college  grounds, 
and  is  of  the  opinion  that  no  student  who  is  markedly  deficient  in  his 
University  work  should  be  allowed  to  play  on  the  team.  It  believes 
further  that  the  number  of  absences  from  town  should  be  reduced,  and 
would  reiterate  its  resolution  of  Oct.  5th,  1894,  viz.  :  "We  do  not  re- 
gard any  person  as  qualified  to  be  a  member  of  a  University  team  wtio 
comes  to  the  University  without  the  intention  of  remaining  at  least 
one  year,  or  who  receives  any  remuneration  or  consideration  of  any 
sort  for  his  services." 

Records  D,  p.  777. 

The  following  resolution  was  presented,  and  after  discussion,  failed 
of  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Committee  on  Athletics  is  hereby  directed  not  to 
grant  leaves  of  absence  to  students  or  teams  for  the  purpose  of  playing 
baseball  with  other  than  college  teams. 


EXAMINATIONS. 

Records  D,  p.  777. 

Moved  and  carried,  that  beginning  with  the  Spring  Term  the  Facul- 
ty will  return  to  the  old  system  of  reserving  a  space  of  time  at  the  end 
of  each  term  for  examinations,  with  the  understanding  that  the  space 
be  made  as  small  as  possible,  that  the  larger  examinations  be  placed 
as  late  as  possible,  and  that  each  professor  under  the  general  rule  of 
the  Faculty  (ch.  IV,  pp.  6,  21  of  Reprints,)  be  at  liberty  either  to  apply 
for  a  reserved  space  or  to  examine  as  heretofore  during  the  hours  of 
recitation. 

REQUIREMENTS  IN  ARTS  AND  PHILOSOPHY. 

Records  D,  p.  178. 

fiesolved,  That  in  the  next  issue  of  the  Register,  the  requirements 
for  admission  to  the  courses  in  Arts  and  in  Philosophy  be  amended  by 
the  substitution  on  page  33  for  the  words  "  Fyffe's  Primer  of  Greece  " 
and  "  Creighton's  Primer  of  Rome"  of  the  words  "  Myers'  History  of 
Greece  and  Allen's  History  of  Rome/'  and  that  in  and  after  the  year 
1896-97  the  number  of  hours  required  of  Freshmen  in  the  courses  in 
Arts  and  Philosophy  be  reduced  by  the  omission  of  the  two  hours  now 
assigned  to  Grecian  and  Roman  History,  this  reduced  number  of  hours 
to  be  made  the  maximum  for  Freshmen  in  these  courses. 

Further  change  was  made  in  the  course  of  study  in  Arts  by  requiring 
the  election  in  the  Sophomore  year  of  at  least  two  hours  in  the  courses 
of  the  School  of  History  and  Political  Science.  The  two  hours,  which 
must  now  be  elected  in  History  in  the  Sophomore  year  in  the  course 
in  Philosophy  may  be  taken  in  either  History  or  Political  Science. 


GENERAL   LEGISLATION  OF    THE   FACULTY 

AND  EXTRACTS  FROM  THE 

FACULTY  RECORDS. 

APRIL  19,    1895— JUNE  18,1895. 


RESOLUTIONS  ON  THE  DEATH  OF  PROFESSOR  OLIVER. 

Records  D,  p.  180. 

The  Faculty  of  Cornell  University,  desiring  to  show  their  apprecia- 
tion of  the  character  and  services  of  their  late  colleague,  Professor 
Oliver,  have  directed  that  the  following  expression  of  their  sorrow 
and  sympathy  be  incorporated  in  their  records,  and  be  communicated 
to  the  family  of  their  departed  associate. 

In  the  death  of  James  Edward  Oliver  this  Faculty  mourn  the  loss  of 
a  colleague  endeared  to  them  through  many  years  of  intimate  associ- 
ation, by  his  warm  friendliness,  his  frank  and  gentle  nature,  his 
patient  conscientiousness,  and  his  steadfast  adherence  to  high  stand- 
ards of  thought  and  conduct. 

In  him  the  body  of  students  have  lost  a  faithful  and  inspiring 
teacher,  and  a  devoted  friend  ;  and  the  cause  of  education  is  deprived 
of  a  liberal  and  earnest  advocate,  and  a  thinker  original  and  pro- 
found. 

His  memory  will  always  be  cherished  as  one  who  long  bore  a  prom- 
inent part  in  the  development  of  the  University,  and  contributed 
greatly  in  matters  of  scholarship  and  administration  to  its  progress 
and  success. 

SUMMER  SCHOOL. 

Records  D,  p.  183. 

The  Committee  on  the  Summer  School  recommend  that  hereafter 
University  students  in  the  Summer  School  shall  have  the  privilege  of 
taking  an  examination  at  the  termination  of  the  Summer  session  in 
any  subject  pursued  in  the  school  in  which  the  instructor  is  willing  to 
give  one,  the  mark  for  such  examination  to  be  subject  to  the  approval 
of  the  head  of  the  department  in  which  the  work  is  taken.  [This 
resolution  was  lost.] 

ADVANCED  DEGREES  IN  ABSENTIA. 

Records  D,  p.  185. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  consider  the  desirability  of  continuing 
the  practice  of  conferring  degrees  in  absentia  made  the  following  re- 
port, which  was  adopted  : 
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The  committee  see  no  reason  for  any  change  of  the  present  rules, 
except  by  making  them  more  specific,  so  as  to  accord  with  actual 
practice  in  administering  them,  by  providing  first,  that  each  candi- 
date shall  pursue  a  course  of  study  prescribed  by  the  appropriate 
committee  :  second,  that  he  shall  appear  in  person  at  the  University 
for  examinations,  and  to  receive  his  diploma  at  Commencement. 

SECRETARYSHIP  OP  THE  FACULTY. 

Records  D,  p.  186. 

The  resignation  of  Professor  George  P.  Bristol  as  secretary  was  ac- 
cepted and  Professor  W.  F.  Willcox  was  elected  in  his  stead. 

The  resignation  of  Professor  L,  M.  Dennis  as  Assistant-Secretary 
was  accepted. 

COMMUNICATION  SIGNED  BY  649  STUDENTS. 

Records  £>,  p.  186. 

To  the  President  and  Members  of  the  Faculty  : 

We,  the  undersigned,  students  of  Cornell  University,  accept  the 
recent  action  of  the  Faculty  in  regard  to  University  athletics  as  an 
expression  of  confidence  in  the  system  recently  introduced  for  the 
government  of  the  University  as  a  whole  and  of  its  athletics,  and  as 
an  expression  also  of  satisfaction  with  the  workings  of  the  systems. 
We  are  sensible  of  the  trust  reposed  in  us,  as  indicated  by  this  refusal 
to  introduce,  by  interference  with  the  regular  governing  bodies,  an 
element  of  paternalism  into  the  government  of  the  students,  and  of 
their  athletic  interests.  We,  therefore,  wish  to  renew  our  pledge  that, 
as  long  as  this  trust  remains  upon  us,  we  shall  do  everything  in  our 
power  to  prevent  anything  which  might  in  any  way  bring  discredit 
upon  the  University. 

REPORTS  ON  SENIOR  WORK. 

Records  D,  p.  188. 

Resolved :  That  in  the  judgment  of  the  Faculty  it  is  necessary  and 
that  it  therefore  be  required  that  hereafter  all  senior  work  be  reported 
to  the  Registrar  not  later  than  six  P.  M.  on  the  Saturday  preceding 
Commencement. 

Furthermore  that  the  Registrar  furnish  upon  application  a  list  of 
candidates  for  graduation  to  professors  desiring  the  same. 

ASSISTANT   SECRETARYSHIP. 

Records  D,  p.  188. 
Mr.  D.  F.  Hoy  was  elected  Assistant-Secretary  of  the  Faculty. 


GENERAL  LEGISLATION  OF  THE  FACULTY 

AND  EXTRACTS  FROM  THE 

FACULTY  RECORDS. 


SKPT.  27,  1895 — APRIL  10,  1896. 


SPECIAL  STUDENTS. 

Records  E,  p.  9,  October  if,  1895. 

Persons  at  least  twenty-one  years  of  age  may  be  admitted  as  special 
students,  without  examination,  provided  they  give  evidence  of  ability 
to  do  creditably  special  work  in  the  University,  are  recommended  to 
the  Faculty  by  the  professor  in  charge  of  the  department  of  study  in 
which  they  desire  to  take  a  large  part  of  their  work,  and  have  not  al- 
ready been  admitted  to  the  University,  nor,  having  applied  for  admis- 
sion, have  been  rejected.  By  direction  of  the  Faculty  the  recom- 
mendation of  a  special  student  is  to  be  referred  to  a  committee  for 
provisional  acceptance,  before  final  ratification  by  the  Faculty.  Can^- 
didates  for  admission  as  special  students  should  correspond  directly 
with  the  professor  in  whose  department  they  expect  to  take  work,  in 
order  to  secure  such  recommendation.  Such  students  may  graduate 
in  any  of  the  courses,  on  condition  of  passing  all  the  required  exam- 
inations, including  those  for  admission.  Students  are  not  permitted 
to  make  up  deficiencies  in  entrance  subjects  by  attending  university 
instruction  in  those  subjects,  but  are  required  to  take  the  necessary 
instruction  outside  of  the  University.  Special  students  are  subject  to 
the  same  regulations  in  regard  to  examinations  and  number  of  hours 
as  students  in  the  general  courses. 

DEGREES  IN  ABSENTIA — (COMMUNICATION  FROM  THE  EXECUTIVE 
COMMITTEE). 

Records  E,  p.  //,  October  18,  1895. 

Resolved,  That  the  Faculty  be  requested  to  consider  the  wisdom  of 
continuing  the  policy  of  granting  degrees  to  graduate  students  in  ab- 
sentia, and  to  report  recommendations  to  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

DEGREES   IN  ABSENTIA. 

Records  p.  ij,  October  18,  1895. 

Resolved,  That  residence  at  the  University  is  required  for  all  de- 
grees except  that  in  special  cases  graduates  of  this  University,  on  the 
recommendation  of  the  special  committee  that  would  have  charge  of 
their  work,  may,  by  vote  of  the  Faculty  in  each  case,  become  candi- 

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dates  for  the  degrees  of  M.C.E.,  M.M.E.,  and  M.S.  in  Agr.,  after  two 
years  of  professional  practice  and  study  in  absentia. 

STANDING  COMMITTEES  OF  THE   FACUI/TY,    1895-96. 

Records  E,  p.  12,  October  18,  1895. 

The  following  list  of  standing  committees  of  the  Faculty  for  the 
year  1895-96  was  reported  by  the  President : 

Admission  on  Certificate. — The  Dean,  Professors  Wilder,  McMahon, 
Hart,  Bristol. 

Advanced  Standing. — The  Dean,  the  Registrar,  Professors  Preutiss, 
Crane,  Fuertes,  S.  G.  Williams,  Thurston,  Wait,  Creighton.. 

Graduate  Work  and  Advanced  Degrees. — The  Dean,  Professors 
Caldwell,  Fuertes,  Comstock,  Thurston,  Bennett,  Morse  Stephens, 
Nichols,  Wait. 

Doubtful  Cases. — The  Dean,  the  Registrar,  Professors  Crane,  Fuer- 
tes, Thurston,  Bennett,  Hitchcock,  Gage,  Jones,  Babcock. 

Records  of  Candidates  for  Graduation. — The  Dean,  the  Registrar, 
Professors  Caldwell,  Jones,  Fuertes,  Thurston,  Hart,  Burr,  Bennett. 

Register  and  Announcement  of  Courses. — The  President,  the  Dean, 
the  Registrar. 

Changes  in  Registration. — The  Dean,  the  Assistant  Secretary,  and 
the  Heads  of  Departments  concerned. 

Scholarships. — Professors  Crane,  Hewett,  Bristol,  Wait,  Craudall, 
Ryan. 

Military  and  Gymnasium. — The  Dean,  the  Professor  of  Physical 
Culture,  the  Commandant. 

Athletics. — Dr.  Hitchcock,  the  Commandant,  Professors  White, 
Merritt,  Dennis. 

Assignment  of  Freshmen. — Professor  Jones,  with  the  aid  of  In- 
structors to  be  designated. 

Excusing  Labor  Students  from  Drill  and  Gymnasium. — Professors 
Comstock,  Gage,  Burr. 

Leave  of  Absence. — The  President,  the  Registrar. 

Summer  School. — Professors  Bennett,  Caldwell,  Burr,  Bailey,  O.  F. 
Emerson. 

SUMMER  SCHOOL. 

Records  E,  p.  14,  October  25,  1895. 

From  the  Committee  on  Summer  School,  the  announcement  of 
courses  to  be  offered  next  summer  was  received,  and  after  discussion 
they  were  referred  to  the  Committee  on  University  Publications,  with 
power. 


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ENGUSH    IN    EXAMINATION    PAPERS. 

Records  E,  p.  /j,  October  25,  1895. 

Desiring  that  all  the  Departments  in  the  University  may  cooper- 
ate with  the  English  Department  in  its  efforts  to  raise  the  standard, 
the  Faculty  make  the  following  recommendations  : 

1.  That  every  examiner  consider  himself  warranted  in  conditioning 
or  rejecting  any  paper  which  contains  bad  spelling  or  other  gross 
faults  of  expression,  or  in  which  technical  terms  are  used  incorrectly. 

2.  That  examination  papers  he  returned  to  the  writers,  mistakes  in 
English  being  underscored  or  in  some  other  way  made  plain  to  the 
eye. 

ENTRANCE   REQUIREMENTS. 


Records  E,  p.  77,  November  8,  1895. 

Resolved,  That  this  Faculty  indicate  to  President  Low  its  readiness 
to  cooperate  with  Columbia  in  the  proposition  to  secure  uniform 
entrance  requirements  to  colleges. 

CALENDAR.        TUITION    FEE   FOR   GRADUATE   STUDENTS.        (COMMUNI- 
CATION   FROM   THE   BOARD   OF  TRUSTEES.) 

Records  E,  p.  20,  November  75,  1895. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  at  its  meeting  on  the  I3th,  took  action  as 
follows  : 

Moved  and  carried,  that  the  action  of  the  Executive  Committee  of 
December  i2th,  1893,  accepting  and  adopting  the  recommendations 
of  the  Faculty  contained  in  communication  of  that  date,  be  repealed. 

Moved  and  carried,  that  the  Board  of  Trustees  adopt  the  existing 
University  Calendar,  so  far  as  concerns  term  time  and  holidays,  sub- 
ject to  the  right  of  any  faculty  to  suspend  University  exercises  of 
which  it  has  charge,  for  one  day  on  special  occasions. 

Moved  and  carried,  that  hereafter  graduate  students  studying  for  a 
degree  "in  absentia"  be  charged  one  year's  tuition,  in  the  depart- 
ment in  which  they  are  studying,  payable  in  advance. 
Yours  truly, 

(Signed)  E.  L.  WIW,IAMS,  Sec'y. 

From  the  minutes. 

ELECTIVE  WORK  IN  GENERAI,  •  COURSES. 

Records  E,  p.  21,  November  75, 


Resolved,  That  the  following  action  of  the  Faculty  be  repealed  : 
(cf.  Records  D,  p.  137,  March  19,  1894.) 


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2.  For  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science  the  majority  of  the  elec- 
tive work  shall  be  in  Natural  Science  or  Mathematics,  beginning  with 
the  class  graduating  in  1896.  6.  In  the  courses  in  Arts  and  Philoso- 
phy, the  major  part  of  the  elective  work  shall  be  in  literary,  histori- 
cal, philosophical,  or  mathematical  subjects.  But  this  resolution 
shall  not  affect  the  existing  regulations  in  regard  to  electing  studies 
in  the  School  of  Law. 

COMMITTEE  ON  ENTRANCE  REQUIREMENTS,  COURSES,  AND  DEGREES. 

Records  E,  pp.  23-24.,  November  22,  1895. 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  nine  be  appointed  by  the  President 
to  consider  and  report  upon  the  feasibility  : 

1.  Of  establishing  a  general  system  of  entrance  requirements  simi- 
lar in  the  main  to  those  for  the  present  course  in  Philosophy,  and  ap- 
plicable to  all  non-technical  students  ; 

2.  Of  conferring  one  general  degree,  namely,  Bachelor  of  Arts  ; 

3.  Of  establishing  lines  of  study  in  Science  and  in  Letters  in  place 
of  the  present  system  of  general  courses. 

CALENDAR. 

Records  E,  p.  24,  November  22,  1895. 

The  question  of  arranging  the  calendar  with  reference  to  the  Christ- 
mas recess  in  1896  was  deferred  to  the  President  and  Dean  with  power. 


SCHOLARSHIP. 

Records  E,  p.  25,  December  6,  1895. 

From  the  Board  of  Trustees  the  following  communication  was 
read  : 

"  The  Board  of  Trustees  at  its  meeting  on  the  i3th,  accepted  from 
the  Associate  Alumnae  an  undergraduate  scholarship  of  $100  for  the 
present  University  year,  and  a  like  sum  for  each  year  hereafter  so 
long  as  the  sum  is  raised  by  annual  subscription.  The  scholarship  is 
to  be  given  under  the  following  conditions  : 

(a)  It  shall    be  awarded    to  a  self-supporting  woman   who    has 
already  spent  at  least  one  year  in  the  University  as  a  student. 

(b)  The  basis  of  award  shall  be  excellence  of  scholarship  as  shown 
by  the  University  records  and  a  need  of  financial  aid. 

(c)  The  nomination  for  the  scholarship  shall  be  made  by  a  com- 
mittee of  the  Alumnae,  who,  after  consultation  with  the  Dean  of  the 
General  Faculty  and  the  Registrar  as  to  the  standing  of  the  appli- 
cants, shall  decide  as  to  which  one  of  them  will  be  most  benefitted  by 
the  financial  aid  of  the  scholarship. 


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(d)  The  approval  of  said  nomination  by  the  President  of  the  Uni- 
versity shall  constitute  an  appointment." 

COURSES   IN   MUSIC. 

Records  E,  p.  26,  December  6,  1895. 

The  special  order  was  then  taken  up  and  after  discussion  it  was 
voted  that  one  hour's  credit  per  week  be  allowed  to  students  in  the 
University  who  successfully  complete  either  of  the  two  courses  of  in- 
struction controlled  by  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Choral  Union, 
namely\:  I.  A  course  in  anthem  singing  and  hymnology,  one  and 
one-half  honrs  per  week  ;  2.  A.  course  in  elementary  sight  reading, 
one  and  one-half  hours  per  week.  Only  those  students  being  eligible 
for  credit  who  present  to  the  Registrar  at  the  end  of  each  term 
a  statement  countersigned  by  the  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee, to  the  effect  that  their  work  has  been  thorough  and  their 
progress  satisfactory. 

DRIU,   AND   GYMNASIUM. 

Records  E,  p.  27,  December  6,  1895. 

A  student  deficient  in  a  term  of  Military  Drill  or  Gymnastics  is  not 
permitted  to  substitute  anything  else  for  that  work,  or  to  be  excused 
from  any  subsequent  term  until  the  deficiency  is  removed. 

COMMENCEMENT  PROGRAMME. 

Records  E,  p.  28,  December  ij,  1895. 

On  the  motion  of  the  Professor  of  German  a  special  committee  of 
five,  with  the  President  as  chairman,  was  created  to  consider  the  im- 
provement of  the  Commencement  programme. 

EXAMINATIONS. 

Records  E,  p.  28,  December  /j,  1895. 

Resolved,  That,  in  case  of  an  actual  conflict  of  examination  assign- 
ments, any  professor  may  arrange  for  a  special  examination  upon  in- 
forming the  Registrar  of  the  intended  action.  Carried. 

ENTRANCE  REQUIREMENTS. 

Records  E,  p.  31,  January  10,  i8g6. 

WHEREAS  :  The  present  requirements  for  admission  to  the  profes- 
sional and  scientific  courses  are  unequal,  in  such  a  manner  that  they 
entail  hardships  to  the  instructing  officers,  damage  to  the  students, 
and  unnecessary  expenses  to  the  University,  and 


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WHEREAS,  The  entire  question  of  entrance  conditions  to  these 
courses  can  be  largely  improved  by  a  careful  study  of  its  details  in 
order  to  overcome  the  above  mentioned  inconveniences,  and  add  to 
the  efficiency  of  the  courses  affected,  whilst  improving  the  prepara- 
tion of  candidates  for  admission  ;  therefore, 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  be  appointed  by  the  President,  consist- 
ing of  two  members  of  the  Faculty  from  each  of  the  said  professional 
scientific  schools,  including  the  College  of  Agriculture,  and  two  pro- 
fessors from  the  Faculty  at  large,  who,  under  the  chairmanship  of 
the  President  of  the  Univsrsity,  and  either  working  as  a  whole,  or  by 
sub-committees,  be  required  to  study  the  bearing  of  this  question, 
and  finally  prepare  a  report  to  the  Faculty  for  its  discussion,  and  such 
action  as  may  be  deemed  wise  and  proper  in  these  premises. 

ENTRANCE    ENGLISH    IN    REGENTS'    DIPLOMAS. 

Records  E,  p.  31,  January  so,  1896. 

Resolved,  That  candidates  for  admission  presenting  Regents' 
diplomas,  shall  not  be  exempt  from  the  entrance  examination  in 
English  unless  they  offer  three  full  years  of  Regents'  English,  or 
eight  Academic  English  counts  (including  English  Composition, 
Higher  English,  and  English  Reading).  This  resolution  shall  go  in- 
to effect  in  June,  1897. 

MARKING   SYSTEM. 

Records  E,  pp.  34.,  37,  and  30,  January  77,  1896. 

Moved  :  That  the  present  system  of  reporting  the  standing  of  stu- 
dents on  the  scale  of  100  be  abandoned,  and  that  in  its  place  only 
four  grades  be  reported,  namely,  dropped,  conditioned,  passed,  and 
excellent,  each  grade  to  be  represented  by  a  suitable  letter. 

Moved  :  That  five  grades  be  recognized. 

Moved :  i.  That  the  percentage  system  of  grading  students  in  the 
general  courses  be  abandoned. 

2.  That  the  standing  of  students  (in  the  general  courses)  be  indi- 
cated by  the  terms  :  passed,  conditioned,  failed. 

3.  That  in  the  form  for  reports  a  column  be  reserved  for  remarks 
by  the  professor. 

After  discussion  the  whole  subject  was  laid  upon  the  table. 

ENTRANCE   CONDITIONS. 

Records  E,  p.  39,   February  7,  1896. 

Resolved,  That  a  student  against  whom  there  is  a  condition  upon 
an  entrance  requirement,  be  not  allowed  to  register  for  a  second  year's 
study  without  permission  of  the  Faculty. 


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LIBRARY   BULLETIN. 

Records  E,  p.  40,  February  21,  1896. 

A  communication  from  the  University  Librarian  with  reference  to 
the  expediency  of  continuing  the  publication  of  the  University  Bulle- 
tin was  read,  and  after  discussion  it  was  voted  that  the  Library  Council 
be  requested  to  consider  the  possibility  of  publishing  in  the  place  of 
the  present  Library  Bulletin  a  brief  list  of  the  accessions  to  the  Uni- 
versity Library  at  frequent  intervals. 

UNIVERSITY    SCHOLARSHIP    EXAMINATIONS. 

Records  E,  p.  41,  February  21,  1896. 

Resolved,  That  it  is  inexpedient  to  admit  to  the  scholarship  ex- 
aminations any  one  who  has  not  fully  completed  the  specific  entrance 
requirements  of  his  course. 

COMMITTEE  ON  ENTRANCE  REQUIREMENTS,  COURSES,  AND  DEGREES. 

Records  E,  p.  42,  March  6,  1896. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  appointed  November  22,  1895,  was 
presented  by  its  chairman  as  follows  : 

"The  committee  appointed  in  accordance  with  the  resolution  of 
November  22,  1895,  to  consider  the  questions  of  general  entrance  re- 
quirements, courses  of  study,  and  degrees,  begs  leave  to  report : 

That  in  the  opinion  of  this  Committee  it  is  not  desirable  to  estab- 
lish a  general  system  of  entrance  requirements,  similar  to  those  for 
the  present  course  in  Philosophy,  and  applicable  to  all  non-technical 
students. 

And  to  recommend  : 

1.  That  candidates  for  admission   to  non-technical  study  be  per- 
mitted to  elect  between  the  groups  of  advanced  requirements  estab- 
lished for  1897  in  Arts,  Philosophy,  and  Science,  as  indicated  at  pp. 
33-35  of  the  Register  for  1895-96,  namely  : 

a.  Greek  and  Latin. 

b.  Latin,  and  two  years  of  either  French  of  German. 

c.  Two  years  of  French,  two  years  of  German,  and  one  year  of  ad- 
vanced Mathematics  (i.  <?.,  Solid  Geometry,  Advanced  Algebra,  Plane 
Trigonometry). 

2.  That  after  admission  the  following  subjects  (only)  be  required  of 
them  for  the  baccalaureate  degree  : 

a.  One  year  of  English,  five  hours  a  week,  in  the  Freshman  year 
(instead  of  the  present  three  hours  in  the  Freshman  and  two  hours  in 
the  Sophomore  year), 


b.  Military  Drill,  Gymnasium,  and  Thesis,  as  at  present  (Drill  and 
Gymnasium  to  be  included  in  the  180  hours  required  for  graduation). 

3.  That  in  all  other  respects  they  have  freedom  of  election  under 
the  limitations  to  be  prescribed  by  each  department. 

Students  to  be  advised  and  encouraged,  but  not  required,  to  lay  out 
definite  or  systematic  lines  of  study. 

4.  That  the  single  degree  of  Bachelor  of  'Arts  be  conferred,  irre- 
spective of  the  studies  elected. 

J.   M.  HART,  Chairman, 
G.  L.  BURR, 
T.  F.  CRANE, 
E.  L.  NICHOLS, 
L,  A.  WAIT, 
H.  8.  WHITE, 
B.  G.  WILDER, 
S.  G.  WILLIAMS." 
The  undersigned,  a  minority  of  the  Committee  appointed  to  report 

on  the  advisability  of  changing  the  present  basis  of  granting  the  A.B. 

degree,  begs  leave  to  recommend  that  no  change  be  made  at  present 

in  the  basis  of  granting  the  A.B.  degree. 

(Signed)  C.  E.  BENNETT. 

RESIGNATION   OF  PROFESSOR   PRENTISS. 

Records  E,  p.  46,  March  20,  1896. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  appointed  to  draft  resolutions  regard- 
ing the  resignation  of  the  Professor  of  Botany  was  presented  and 
ordered  to  be  spread  upon  the  minutes,  as  follows  : 

WHEREAS,  The  President  of  the  University  has  informed  the 
Faculty  that  Professor  Albert  N.  Prentiss  has  resigned  the  chair  of 
botany,  which  he  has  filled  since  the  earliest  days  of  this  University, 
and  that  the  Trustees  have  accepted  the  said  resignation  with  regret 
at  the  continued  ill  health  that  finally  decided  Professor  Prentiss  to 
take  this  step,  and 

WHEREAS,  The  terms  under  which  the  resignation  was  accepted 
evince  the  appreciation  of  the  Trustees  for  the  services  rendered  by 
Professor  Prentiss,  whom  they  have  honored  by  an  election  as  Emeri- 
tus Professor,  among  other  proofs  of  their  esteem  ;  and 

WHEREAS,  The  separation  of  Professor  Prentiss  from  active  con- 
nection with  the  Faculty,  in  which  his  presence  and  labors  have 
been  so  often  of  signal  value  to  the  cause  of  education  and  of  advant- 
age to  the  interests  and  progress  of  the  University,  calls  for  a  suitable 
expression  of  the  feelings  of  the  Faculty  at  this  moment ;  therefore, 

Resolved,  That  the  Faculty  of  Cornell  University  will  ever  bear  in 
its  recollection  the  long  and  useful  services  of  our  colleague,  and  will 


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ever  remember  the  important  role  he  took  in  its  counsels  ;  his  honest 
and  effective  service  and  uncompromising  loyalty  to  the  interests  of 
truth,  and  especially  the  important  help  he  contributed  to  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  ideals  upon  which  this  University  was  founded,  in 
the  early  days  when  all  the  courage  and  faith  of  its  professors  was 
fully  tested  by  the  new  problems  that  this  institution  had  to  solve  in 
the  face  of  universal  opposition,  guided  by  no  precedents  and  de- 
pending only  upon  the  sturdy,  strong  conviction  of  the  band  of 
pioneers  who,  without  experience  and  under  discouraging  difficulties, 
laid  the  foundations  of  our  present  prosperity  and  eminence  in  the 
educational  fields  of  our  country. 

It  is  proper  that  Professor  Prentiss  should  be  distinguished  by  his 
peers  and  the  successors  of  the  original  Faculty  of  Cornell  University 
by  this  tribute  to  his  sterling  virtues  as  a  gentleman,  colleague,  and 
pioneer  ;  and  be  it  further 

Resolved,  That,  with  our  sincere  prayer  for  the  restoration  of  his 
health,  the  foregoing  statements  be  spread  upon  the  minutes  of  this 
Faculty  as  part  of  the  history  of  its  transactions,  a  copy  of  them  be 
sent  to  Professor  Prentiss  as  a  token  of  our  friendship  and  to  the 
Trustees  and  the  press  as  a  proof  of  our  appreciation  of  the  long  and 
useful  services  of  our  retiring  colleague. 

E.  A.  FuERTES, 
G.  C.  CAU>WEW,, 
T.  F.  CRANE, 

Committee. 
Records  E,  p.  49,  April  /o,  1806. 

The  following  communication  from  the  Professor  Emeritus  of 
Botany  was  read  and  ordered  spread  upon  the  minutes. 

CORNELL  UNIVERSITY,  April  9,  1896. 
Professor  W.  F.  Willcox, 

Secretary  of  the  Faculty, 
DEAR  SIR  : 

Your  favor  of  March  21  enclosing  a  copy  of  resolutions  passed  by 
the  Faculty  regarding  my  resignation  of  the  Professorship  of  Botany, 
has  been  duly  received.  May  I  ask  you  to  communicate  to  my  hon- 
ored colleagues  the  very  high  value  in  which  I  hold  their  kindly  sym- 
pathy and  words  of  approval  expressed  in  the  action  to  which  this 
note  refers. 

Sincerely  yours, 
(Signed)  ALBERT  N.  PRENTISS. 

CALENDAR. 

Records  E,  p.  50,  April  10,  1896. 

The  question  of  arranging  the  calendar  of  the  University  in  order 
to  enable  the  Faculty  of  the  Law  School  to  adjust  their  dates  in  har- 
mony with  it,  was  referred  to  the  President  and  Dean  with  power. 


GENERAL  LEGISLATION  OF  THE  FACULTY 

AND  EXTRACTS  FROM  THE 

FACULTY  RECORDS. 


APRIL  17,  1896 — JUNK  16,  1896. 


COMMENCEMENT  EXERCISES. 

Records  E,  p.  52,  April  77,  1896. 

Resolved,  That  for  the  present  year  the  rules  regulating  Commence- 
ment stage  orations  be  suspended,  and  that  the  matter  of  Commence- 
ment exercises  be  referred  to  the  President  with  power. 

REORGANIZATION  OF  THE  FACULTIES  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY. 

Records  E,  p.  52,  April  77,  1896. 

The  following  resolutions  of  the  Executive  Committee  were  pre- 
sented bv  the  President : 

<(  Resolved,  That  a  committee  be  appointed  to  devise  and  report  a 
scheme  for  the  reorganization  of  the  Faculties  of  the  University,  hav- 
ing regard  to  both  those  now  in  existence  and  those  which  may  here- 
after be  added,  with  a  view,  on  the  one  hand,  to  securing  and  safe- 
guarding the  unity  of  the  educational  forces  of  the  University,  and 
on  the  other,  of  differentiating  them  so  as  to  produce  the  maximum 
of  efficiency, — the  said  committee  being,  however,  instructed,  while 
providing  for  a  different  combination  and  distribution,  to  make  no 
change  by  way  of  increase  or  diminution,  in  the  entirety  of  the  func- 
tions now  exercised  by  the  Faculties.  For  the  better  discharge  of 
this  work  the  committee  is  also  instructed  to  confer  with  a  committee 
of  the  General  Faculty  and  a  committee  of  the  Faculty  of  the  Law 
School. 

Further  Resolved,  That  the  President  be  authorized  to  communicate 
this  resolution  to  the  aforesaid  Faculties,  with  the  request  that  com- 
mittees of  conference  be  appointed,  and  to  arrange  the  date  and  place 
of  the  first  meeting." 

And  it  was  voted  that  a  committee  of  eleven  be  appointed  by  the 
President  as  a  committee  of  the  General  Faculty  to  confer  with  the 
other  committees.  The  following  names  were  subsequently  reported 
by  the  President  as  constituting  that  committee  :  The  Dean,  Pro- 
fessors Roberts,  Babcock,  Fuertes,  Thurston,  Caldwell,  Nichols,  Corn- 
stock,  M.  C.  Tyler,  Crane,  Wait. 
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ENTRANCE  EXAMINATIONS  FOR  LAW  STUDENTS. 

Records  E,  p.  53,  April  77,  1896. 

"Resolved,  That  those  departments  conducting  entrance  examina- 
tions which  may  find  it  convenient,  be  authorized  to  admit  to  such 
examinations  applicants  for  admission  to  the  School  of  L/aw." 

ENTRANCE  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  THE  COLLEGE  OF  CIVIL 
ENGINEERING. 

Records  E,p.  53,  April  77,  1896. 

The  Director  of  the  College  of  Civil  Engineering  moved  that  in  and 
after  June,  1898,  the  entrance  requirements  for  the  College  of  Civil 
Engineering  be  made  to  conform  to  the  entrance  requirements  for  the 
other  technical  scientific  schools,  namely,  that  advanced  algebra  and 
plane  and  spherical  trigonometry  be  added  to  those  requirements  ; 
and  the  resolution  was  carried. 

ELECTIVE  WORK  IN  GENERAL  COURSES. 

Records  E,  p.  59,  May  8,  1896. 

The  Registrar  raised  the  question  whether  the  repeal  of  Sections  2 
and  6  in  the  requirements  for  admission  and  degrees,  which  was  voted 
November  22,  1895,  (see  Reprints,  p.  47)  went  into  effect  at  once,  and 
it  was  ruled  that  it  did. 

REGENTS'    EXAMINATIONS. 

Records  E,  p.  60,  May  8,  i8g6. 

The  petition  of  a  student  for  credit  on  a  Regents  pass  in  Caesar,  ob- 
tained after  entrance  to  the  University  and  offered  in  place  of  the  en- 
trance examination  required,  was  refused. 

MODERN  LANGUAGE  REQUIREMENT  FOR  THE  COURSE  IN  SCIENCE. 

Records  E,  p.  6r,  May  8,  1896. 

Resolved,  That  the  alternate  requirement  of  French  and  German 
for  the  third  year  in  Science  be  eliminated. 

ENTRANCE   REQUIREMENTS,    COURSES,    AND   DEGREES. 

Records  E,  pp.  62,  68,  70,  74,  May  75,  22,  29. 
(Cf.  Reprints,  pp.  47,  50-57. ) 

Resolved,  i.  That  candidates  for  admission  to  non-technical  study 
be  permitted  to  elect  between  the  groups  of  advanced  requirements 
established  for  1897  in  Arts,  Philosophy,  and  Science,  as  indicated  at 
pages  33-35  of  the  Register  of  1895-96,  namely  : 


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a.  Greek  and  Latin. 

b.  Latin,   and  the  advanced  requirement  in  either  French  or 

German. 

c.  The  advanced  requirement  in  French,  the  advanced  require- 

ment in  German,  and  one  year  of  advanced  mathematics, 
(i.  e.,  Solid  Geometry,  Advanced  Algebra,  Plane  and  Speri- 
cal  Trigonometry). 

2.  That  after  admission  the  following  subjects  be  required  for  the 
baccalaureate  degree,  namely  : 

Military  Drill,  Gymnasium,  and  Thesis,  as  at  present ;  but  that 
in  the  cases  of  students  not  taking  Drill  and  Gymnasium, 
an  equivalent  in  hours  be  added  to  the  180  hours  required 
for  graduation. 

3.  That  in  all  other  respects  they  have  freedom  of  election  under 
the  limitations  to  be  prescribed  by  each  department.     Students  to  be 
advised  and  encouraged,  but  not  required,  to  lay  out  definite  or  syste- 
matic lines  of  study. 

4.  That  the  single  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  be  conferred,  irre- 
spective of  the  studies  elected. 

The  foregoing  legislation  is  to  go  into  effect  with  the  class  entering 
in  1897. 

SCHOLARSHIP   EXAMINATIONS. 

Records  E,  p.  66,  May  22,  1896. 

The  Committee  on  Scholarships  reported  a  recommendation  which 
was  adopted,  namely  :  That  the  following  amendment  be  inserted  in 
the  Register  on  page  168,  after  5  (f  )  German  : 

"  The  above  examinations  cover  substantially  the  same  ground  as 
the  entrance  examinations  in  the  respective  subjects,  except  that  the 
amount  of  French  and  German  is  that  required  for  admission  to  the 
courses  in  engineering  and  architecture." 

REORGANIZATION   OF  THE   FACULTIES   OF  THE  UNIVERSITY. 

Records  E,  p.  77,  May  29,  1896. 

The  following  statute  for  the  reorganization  of  the  faculties  of  Cor- 
nell University  was  reported  from  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  as  having  been  enacted  May  26,  1896,  and  it  was 
ordered  to  be  spread  upon  the  minutes  : 

"  i.  The  University. — Cornell  University  comprehends  the  follow- 
ing departments,  to-wit  :  The  Graduate  Department,  the  Academic 
Department  (or  Department  of  Arts  and  Sciences),  the  College  of 
L/aw,  the  College  of  Civil  Engineering,  the  Sibley  College  of  Mechan- 
ical Engineering  and  Mechanic  Arts,  the  College  of  Architecture,  and 


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the  College  of  Agriculture.  The  New  York  State  Veterinary  College 
is  administered  by  Cornell  University,  and  its  work  is  organically  con- 
nected with  that  of  the  University. 

"2   The  Faculties. — The  Faculties  of  Cornell  University  are  : 
(A)  A  General  Faculty,  designated  THE  UNIVERSITY  FACULTY; 
and  (B)  Special  Faculties  as  follows  : 

1.  THE  FACULTY  OF  ARTS  AND  SCIENCES. 

2.  THE  FACULTY  OF  LAW. 

3.  THE  FACULTY  OF  CIVIL  ENGINEERING. 

4.  THE  FACULTY  OF  MECHANICAL  ENGINEERING. 

5.  THE  FACULTY  OF  ARCHITECTURE. 

6.  THE  FACULTY  OF  AGRICULTURE. 

7.  THE  FACULTY  OF  VETERINARY  MEDICINE. 

"3.  The  University  Faculty. — The  University  Faculty  consists  of 
the  President,  who  is  ex-officio,  the  presiding  officer,  and  the  Profes- 
sors and  Assistant  Professors  of  the  University,  including  the  Pro- 
fessors and  Assistant  Professors  of  the  New  York  State  Veterinary  Col- 
lege. It  is  the  function  of  the  University  Faculty  to  consider  ques- 
tions which  concern  more  than  one  Special  Faculty,  and  questions  of 
University  policy.  The  Graduate  Department  is  under  the  immediate 
charge  of  the  University  Faculty. 

"4.  The  Special  Faculties. — Each  Special  Faculty  is  composed  of 
the  President,  who  is  ex-officio  the  presiding  officer,  and  all  Professors, 
Assistant  Professors,  and  Instructors  who  teach  in  the  department  or 
departments  under  the  charge  of  that  Faculty,  but  Instructors  shall 
not  have  the  right  to  vote.  Subject  to  the  right  of  revision  by  the 
University  Faculty  on  all  matters  affecting  general  University  policy, 
it  is  the  duty  of  each  Special  Faculty  to  determine  the  entrance  re- 
quirements for  its  own  students ;  to  prescribe  and  define  courses  of 
study  for  them  ;  to  determine  the  requirements  for  such  degrees  as 
are  offered  to  students  under  its  jurisdiction  ;  to  enact  and  enforce 
rules  for  the  guidance  and  government  of  its  students  ;  and  to  rec- 
ommend to  the  Trustees  such  candidates  for  degrees  as  may  have 
completed  the  requirements. 

"  5.  Directors  and  Deans. — Every  College  has  a  Director  and  every 
Faculty  has  a  Dean.  The  powers  and  functions  of  Directors  are  fixed 
at  the  time  of  their  appointment.  Directors  are  also  Deans  of  their 
respective  Faculties.  The  Dean  of  the  University  Faculty  and  the 
Dean  of  the  Faculty  of  Arts  and  Sciences  are  each  appointed  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees  on  the  nomination  of  the  President  and  with  the 
concurrence  of  his  Faculty.  It  is  the  function  of  the  Dean  to  preside 
at  the  meetings  of  his  Faculty  in  the  absence  of  the  President ;  to  re- 
ceive and  act  upon  such  applications  of  students  as  may  be  referred  to 
him  by  his  Faculty  ;  to  prepare  and  conduct  the  business  of  the  sev- 


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eral  committees  of  which  he  may  be  made  by  his  Faculty  the  chair- 
man ;  and,  in  general,  except  as  otherwise  provided,  to  act  as  the 
executive  officer  of  his  Faculty. 

"  Enacted  to  take  effect  upon  the  day  following  next  Commence- 
ment.— E.  L.  WILLIAMS,  Secretary." 

ENGLISH  IN  DIPLOMAS,  ETC. 

Records  E,  p.  74,  May  29,  1896. 

The  Professor  of  Romance  Languages,  on  behalf  of  the  Professor 
of  Latin,  moved  that  in  future  English  be  the  language  employed  in 
all  diplomas  granted  by  this  University,  and  that  the  President  in  con- 
ferring degrees  be  requested  to  employ  English  only,  and  the  motion 
was  adopted. 

FRESHMAN  ELECTIVES. 

Records  E,  p.  7^,  May  29,  1896. 

Resolved',  i.  That  the  Dean  and  Registrar,  after  consultation  with 
the  members  of  the  Faculty  in  charge  of  the  general  courses,  make 
an  official  list  of  the  courses  of  study  open  for  election  by  Freshmen. 

2.  That  such  list  be  published  in  the  Register  in  connection  with 
the  announcement  of  the  complete  elective  system. 

3.  That  this  list  be  accompanied  by  a  statement  that  Freshmen  may 
register  for  no  courses  not  named  in  this  list  until  the  written  consent 
of  the  professor  in  charge  of  the  courses  desired  be  presented  to  the 
Registrar. 

ENTRANCE  REQUIREMENTS  TO  THE  COURSE  IN  AGRICULTURE. 

Records  E,  p.  77,  June  5, 1896. 

The  Professor  of  Agriculture  moved  that  in  and  after  1898  the 
advanced  entrance  requirements  to  the  Course  in  Agriculture  be  the 
same  as  those  to  the  Course  in  Science  in  1897,  that  is,  advanced 
French,  advanced  German,  and  advanced  mathematics  (solid  geome- 
try, advanced  algebra,  and  plane  and  spherical  trigonometry). 
Carried. 

ENGLISH  IN  THE  COURSE  IN  ARCHITECTURE. 

Records  E,  p.  77,  June  5,  1896. 

The  Professor  of  Architecture  moved  that  the  subject  of  English  be 
stricken  out  of  the  Course  in  Architecture  for  the  freshman  year,  and 
the  motion  was  carried. 


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CREDIT  FOR  WORK  IN  SUMMER  SCHOOL. 

Records  E,p.  78,  Junes,  1896- 

Resolved,  That  university  students  doing  work  in  the  University 
Summer  School  may  receive  credit  for  ten  hours  of  such  work  on 
passing  the  regular  university  examinations  in  the  subjects  so  taken. 

REPORT  OF  THE  MEMBERS  OF  THE  CONFERENCES  ON  UNIFORM  COL- 
LEGE ENTRANCE  REQUIREMENTS,  AT  WHICH  REPRESENTATIVES 
FROM  COLUMBIA,  CORNELL,  HARVARD,  PENNSYLVANIA,  PRINCE- 
TON, YALE,  AND  AN  EQUAL  NUMBER  OF  SECONDARY- SCHOOL 

TEACHERS  WERE  PRESENT. 

Records  E,  p.  79,  June  5,  1806. 

It  was  reported  that  uniform  college  entrance  requirements  had 
been  agreed  upon  in  the  subjects  of  Greek,  L/atin,  Mathematics, 
French,  German,  and  History,  and  that  these  requirements  were  sub- 
stantially the  same  as  the  present  requirements  at  Cornell  with  the 
exception  of  Mathematics  and  History. 

In  Mathematics  a  slight  addition  was  to  be  made  to  the  amount  of 
algebra,  and  arithmetic  as  a  separate  subject  was  to  be  discontinued. 
It  was  voted  that  these  changes  in  Mathematics  go  into  effect  in  and 
after  1897. 

In  History  it  was  reported  that  the  conference  had  decided  to  recom- 
mend an  option  between  English,  American,  Grecian,  and  Roman 
History,  and  that  the  candidates  must  present  two  of  the  four  sub- 
jects. It  was  resolved  that  this  requirement  go  into  effect  at  Cornell 
in  and  after  1898.  It  was  then  resolved  that  the  Committee  on  Publi- 
cations be  authorized  to  publish  in  the  forthcoming  Register  the 
recommendations  made  by  the  various  conferences. 


INDEX   TO   EXTRACTS   FROM    FACULTY   RECORDS, 

1868-1896. 


Absences,  III. 

Adams.  Resolutions  adopted  on  retire- 
ment of  President,  17. 

Admission  and  degrees.  Requirements 
for,  30. 

Admission  by  certificate.  Committee  on, 
10. 

Admission.  Arts  and  Philosophy,  41.  Cre- 
dentials of  applicants  for,  23.  To  Course 
in  Betters,  Latin  for,  16.  To  Courses  in  Let- 
ters and  Science,  Latin  for,  12. 

Agriculture.  Tuition,  3.  Course  in,  18. 
Entrance  requirements  to  the  Course  in,  57. 

Alumnae  Scholarship,  47. 

Alumni,  VIII. 

Architecture.  Entrance,  Latin  in,  25. 
English  in,  Course  in,  57. 

Arts.    Course  in,  VII. 

Arts  and  Philosophy.  Requirements  in, 
41. 

Athletics,  General  policy,  V,  40.  Stand- 
ing committee  on,  8.  Athletic  organiza- 
tions, petitions  from,  23.  Eligibility,  rule 
on,  34. 

Bulletin.     Publications  of,  weekly,  7. 

Calendar,  26,  39,  46,  47,  52. 

Certificates,  VII.  Teacher's,  2.  Entrance, 
English,  21. 

Civil  Engineering.  Entrance  require- 
ments to  college  of,  54. 

Class  banquets,  7. 

Codification  of  Faculty  Records,  23,  28. 
Report  of  Dean  on,  28. 

Co-education,  V. 

Columbian  Exposition,  7. 

Commencement  exercises,  53. 

Commencement  programme,  48. 

Committees,  (See  Standing  Committees), 
I.  Committee  on  admission  by  certificate, 
10. 

Conference.  Regarding  uniform  entrance 
requirements,  58. 

Council,  student,  22. 

Course  in  Agriculture.  Entrance  require- 
ments to,  57  ;  special  short,  18  ;  in  Archi- 
tecture, English  in,  57  ;  in  Arts,  VII.  Elect- 
ive work  in  general,  46 ;  in  History,  Let- 
ters, Science,  Natural  History,  rules  for  stu- 
dents in,  7  ;  in  Letters  and  Science,  Latin, 
for  admission  to  12 ;  in  Music,  48 ;  in  Sci- 
ence, modern  language  requirement  in,  54. 

Courses  and  degrees.  Committee  on,  47, 
50.  Entrance  requirements  to,  54. 

Credit  for  work,  16. 

Dean  of  the  General  Faculty,  18.  Codifi- 
cation of  faculty  records,  23.  Report  of,  on 
codification,  28.  Office  of,  29. 

Degrees,  VIII.  Candidacy  for,  4.  Re- 
quirements for,  30.  Diploma  for  Doctor's, 


12.  Examinations  for  advanced,  24.  Grad- 
uate work,  for  Master's  degree,  counting 
towards  Doctor's  degree,  29.  Graduate 
work,  reports  on,  37. .  Special  distinctions, 
31.  Doctor's,  37.  Master's,  regulations  for 
2  ;  of  Master  of  Letters,  3  ;  Master  of  Phi> 
losophy,  3  ;  Doctor  of  Science,  4.  Condi- 
tions for,  20.  Amendment  to  rules  for,  31- 
For  members  of  the  Faculty,  25.  In  ab- 
sentia, communication  from  committee,  44- 
In  absentia,  advanced,  42. 

Degrees  and  Courses,  Committee  on,  47, 
50.  Entrance  requirements,  54. 

Discipline,  VI.  Standing  committee  on, 
10.  Student  committee  on,  31,  33. 

Distinctions,  special,  31. 

Doctors'  degrees.     See  Degrees. 

Doctor  of  Science,  degree  of.    See  degrees. 

Doubtful  cases,  28,  40, 

Drill,V,  25.  Exemption  from,  4.  Aliens 
and  Military  Science,  6. 

Drill  and  Gymnasium,  48. 

Elective  work,  7,    In  general  courses,  46, 

54- 

Electives,     Freshmen,  57. 

English,  10.  Certificate  for  entrance,  21. 
Entrance  requirements  in,  23.  Entrance, 
in  Regents'  diplomas,  49  ;  in  the  Course  in 
Architecture,  57  ;  in  diplomas,  57  ;  in  exam- 
ination papers,  46. 

Entrance  English.  Certificates  for,  21  ; 
in  Regents'  diplomas,  49. 

Entrance  examinations,  10,  24.  For  Law 
students,  54. 

Entrance.    Latin,  change  in,  16. 

Entrance  conditions,  49.  Reguirements, 
46,  48.  Passing,  15.  Courses  in^Mechanical 
and  Electrical  Engineering,  19.  College  of 
Civil  Engineering,  54.  Committee  on,  47, 
50.  Course  in  Agriculture,  57.  Course  in 
Architecture,  19.  Courses  and  degrees,  54  ; 
in  English,  23.  Uniform,  58. 

Examinations,  IV,  6,  26,  41,  48.  For  state 
Scholarships,  12  ;  entrance,  10,  24  ;  entrance, 
for  Law  students,  54.  Regents,  54.  Resolu- 
tion of  Ex.  Com.,  17.  Rules  governing  the 
management  of,  22.  Scholarships,  40,  55. 
Students  failing  in,  6,  16.  University  Schol- 
arship, 50.  Exam,  books,  official,  16. 

Faculties  of  the  University.  Reorganiza- 
tion of,  53,  55. 

Fellowship.    The    President    White,    32. 
Fellowships  and  Scholarships,  35. 
Freshmen,  electives,  57. 

Graduate  students,  46.  Committee  on,  13. 
In  Register,  names  of,  38. 

Graduate  work  and  degrees.  See  Degrees. 
Degrees,  29. 

Gymnasium  and  Drill,  48. 


6o 


INDEX. 


Heilman,  Oren  Gibson.    Death  of,  34. 
History.     Grecian  and  Roman,  17. 

I/aboring  students,  10. 

L,atin.  Change  in  entrance,  16.  Entrance 
in  Architecture,  25.  For  admission  to 
Course  in  Betters,  16.  For  admission  to 
Courses  in  letters  and  Science,  12.  Per- 
formances, credit  for,  24. 

lyaw.  School  of,  13.  Work  by  under- 
graduates in,  8.  Petitions,  34.  Students, 
entrance  examinations  for,  54. 

Betters  and  Science.  Ivatin,  for  admission 
to,  12. 

library  Bulletin,  50. 

Marking  system,  49.  Determination  of 
term  standing,  21. 

Master's  degree.  Regulations  for.  See 
Degrees. 

Master  of  Betters.    See  Degrees. 

Master  of  Philosophy.    See  Degrees. 

Music.    Courses  in,  48. 

Oliver.  Resolutions  on  death  of  Profes- 
sor, 42. 

Philosophy  and  Arts.  Requirements  in, 
41. 

Prentiss.     Resignation  of  Professor,  51. 

Prize.     Ninety-four  Memorial,  33. 

Procedure.  Faculty  procedure  and  rules.I. 

Professors.    Election  of,  3. 

Physical  culture,  6.  Training  in  fresh- 
man year,  20. 

Records.    Codification  of,  23,  28. 

Regents'  diplomas.  Entrance  English, 
in,  49.  Examinations,  54. 

Registration,  III.     Cards,  40.     Days,  10. 

Registers.  Addresses  for,  29.  Advertise- 
ments in,  26. 

Reorganization  of  the  Faculties  of  the 
University,  53,  55. 

Reports  of  senior  work,  43. 

Rules.  Faculty  procedure  and,  I.  Stu- 
dents not  in  University  to  leave  town,  21. 
For  students,  revision  of,  32.  For  Wood- 
ford  Prize  Competition,  amendment  to,  6. 


Scholarships,  VII,  10.  Alumnae,  47.  The 
Padgham,  36. 

Scholarship  examinations,  40,  50,  55.  For 
state  Scholarships, -12. 

Scholarships  and  Fellowships,  35. 

Science.  Modern  language,  requirements 
in  course,  54. 

Science  and  Betters.  L,atin,  for  admis- 
sion to,  12. 

Secretaryship  of  Faculty,  43.  Assistant, 
43- 

Senate.     The  University,  5. 

Shackford.     Death  of  Professor,  n. 

Societies,  VI. 

Special  students,  44. 

Standing  committees.     (See  Committees), 


cipline,  10  ;  on  graduate  students,  13 ;  on 
j  graduate  work,  24.  Petitions  to  graduate 
in  less  than  four  years,  18.  Substitution  for 
required  work,  34. 

Student  committee  on  discipline,  31,  33. 

Student  offenders,  30. 

Student  Council.  Management  of  exam- 
inations, 22. 

Students.    See  Rules. 

Students.  Communication  signed  by  649, 
43.  Special,  44. 

Summer  school,  19,  25,  42,  45.  Credit  for 
work  in,  58.  Resolution  to  establish,  20. 

Summer  courses  of  study,  13. 

Teachers'  Certificates,  2. 

Technical  studies,  VII. 

Thanksgiving,  26.     Recess,  2. 

Theses, -3.  Extension  of  time  on,  15,  22. 
For  Doctors'  degrees,  form  of,  20.  Grad- 
uate, not  to  have  been  previously  published, 
31.  Mention  of,  16.  Titles  of  commence- 
ment, 23.  Undergraduate,  32. 

Tuition,  3.    Agriculture,  3, 

Tuttle.    Death  of  Professor  Herbert,  39. 

Uniform  entrance  requirements,  58. 

Woodford  oration.  Fraud  concerning,  15. 
Prize,  38.  Competition,  amendment  to 
rules  for,  6. 


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